Chapter 2Alina's POVMy eyes snapped open, and I gasped for air, clutching my chest as if I had just surfaced from drowning. My heart pounded wildly against my ribs, and my body trembled. I blinked rapidly, staring up at the familiar ceiling of my childhood bedroom.I bolted upright, my hands running over the soft fabric of my nightgown. My fingers trembled as they reached down to touch my stomach, flat. No sign of the life I had been carrying. I swallowed hard, my mind racing. I was supposed to be dead, burned alive in that wretched dungeon, yet here I was.Swinging my legs over the edge of the bed, I stumbled to my feet and rushed to the window. The view outside was just as I remembered it, the lush green gardens of my father's pack, the morning sun casting a golden hue over the horizon.“This can't be real.” I muttered in shock, I spun around, searching the room with wide, panicked eyes. My old desk, my vanity, the soft pink curtains my mother had insisted on years ago, they wer
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