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I couldn’t sleep. I tossed and turned, tried seven different tricks to calm down, and nothing worked.
Ever since I was abducted, my sleeping patterns have vanished. After I got rescued, I managed a few hours here and there without bolting upright, choking on air and soaked in sweat. But what happened earlier today dragged me right back to the old version of myself.
I swung my legs off the bed and headed downstairs for water. The bike house was dark and silent, the kind of quiet that settles deep. When I reached the kitchen door, a muffled sound drifted from the hall.
The office door was cracked open, a thin slice of light cutting through the dark. Curiosity pulled me forward, stronger than common sense, and I moved toward it.
Male voices murmured from inside, steady but tense
