*****Adeline’s POV*****A low growl rumbled in my head, sharp and insistent.“Wake up, Myra.” I gasped, my eyes snapping open the next minute. My entire body ached as if I’d been hit by a truck, but the sharpest pain was in my skull, pounding like a war drum. For a moment, I couldn’t move, my limbs heavy, the taste of blood thick on my tongue.“Get up,” Lira’s voice cut through my haze, more forceful this time.It was as if she had been calling out to me for a long time now.I sucked in a slow breath, blinking against the low light filtering into the office through the opened window. The scent of dried blood lingered around me, mine. My fingers twitched, then curled into a fist. I forced my muscles to obey, shifting my weight until I was kneeling.As I wiped the streaks of blood from my nose with the back of my hand, my eyes flickered to the large window. It was already dark outside.How long had I been here?I glanced toward the door. No one had come for me.A bitter chuckle slipped
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