**Celine's POV** Darkness came first, it wasn't the kind behind closed eyes, the kind that still let in a little light around the edges. It pressed in from every direction at once, thick and total, like it had weight to it. I came back to myself slowly, one piece at a time, the pain got to me first before anything else did. My wrists burned every time I moved, rubbing raw against something tight around them. Every breath I tried to take felt trapped before it reached my lungs. I shifted slightly, and my shoulder hit something hard. Wood, I thought at first. Then I realized it wasn't wood at all. A box. I was inside a box. I could feel the heat of my own breath bouncing straight back into my face. The thought hit me all at once, and the panic came right behind it, faster than I could brace for. I jerked hard against whatever was holding my wrists, some instinct in me refusing to just lie there and accept it. The restraints didn't loosen. If anything, they bit down harder, cu
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