Chapter 99
Adrian's POV
I woke up in pain all over and lay on my side because my back was badly injured. The strange man had tortured me seriously.
A deep ache I felt spreads from my wrists, back, head, and ribs. It was sharp. Everything hurts. Badly.
My eyelids were heavy. The room was too bright when I opened them. Shapes slowly came into focus , it was a white ceiling, white walls, a steady beeping to my left.
Hospital.
My mind processed the shock from the events in fragmented pieces: the warehouse, the cold floor, a masked man, ropes cutting into my skin. The needle. The burn of something hot sliding into my vein. Voices - one I thought was Martin and a woman giving orders on a phone. Then darkness.
"Adrian."
Darcy's voice. Rough and tired, but it felt like a lifeline.
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