A sharp, throbbing pain behind my eyes pulled me from the darkness. My head felt stuffed with cotton and broken glass. I groaned, forcing my heavy eyelids open. Bright, golden light from a crystal chandelier made me wince. I blinked, my vision swimming. “Where…?” My voice was a dry rasp. I pushed myself up on my elbows, my body aching. Then I froze, looking around. This wasn’t a hospital. This wasn’t anywhere I knew. The room was… breathtaking. Walls of soft, warm grey. Tall windows covered by curtains of rich, dark silk. The bed I was in was huge and impossibly soft, the sheets cool and smooth. Everything spoke of quiet, immense wealth. It was serene. Beautiful. For one dizzy second, I thought, Am I dead? Is this heaven? Then, the memory crashed down on me like a wave of ice. The fall. The blood. The loss. Julian’s cold eyes. Chloe’s smirk. Standing on the sidewalk in my underwear as the world watched. My stomach rolled. A hot shame, fresh and brutal, burned through me. I
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