ARYA

At first, there was only silence. I floated in it, suspended in a limbo, unable to move or speak. Then I heard voices.

Lucien's voice.

And mine...or rather, her voice, using my mouth.

I tried to claw my way to the surface, but the darkness wrapped around me like chains. My body didn't belong to me anymore.

Then the kiss happened, and I felt it. It was like being buried alive while someone else wore my skin. A hundred emotions collided at once. Disgust, rage, ...