*Kryzen*

Everything hurt.

Even before I fully regained consciousness, that much was clear. Since I was feeling pain, I wasn’t dead, which was a good thing.

It even kind of hurt to breathe. I opened my eyes and shifted slightly beneath the thin sheet I was lying beneath.

The ceiling above me appeared to be painted black. It most definitely wasn’t the pale blue of the one back at the palace.

That was when the memories came rushing back. I sat up ...