Chapter 44

HAILEE's POV...

I opened my eyes to a blinding light that made my head throb like a hundred hammers pounding inside it. Groaning, I tried to sit up, but my body was heavy and unresponsive. I felt like I had been drugged or hit with something, and my limbs were weak and shaky.

As I tried to clear the fog in my mind, I realized that I was lying on a cold, hard surface, and the room around me was dimly lit and musty-smelling. Panic gripped me as I struggled to remember what had happened to me.

I remembered Sebastian hitting me, and I winced at the memory of the pain that had ripped through my body. I had never felt so betrayed and hurt in my life. I trusted him, and he had turned on me without any evidence or explanation.

The more I tried to think, the more my head pounded, and I realized that I needed to get out of this place. I slowly pushed myself up, wincing at the pain in my ribs, and looked around for any signs of an exit.

The room was small and dingy, with stone walls and a single