Chapter 116: Nyra’s POV

Waking felt like dragging myself up from the bottom of a frozen lake.

Literally.

Like my body was covered in ice and I had to break free.

My limbs were heavy, my chest tight, my eyelids felt weighted like someone had tied stones across them. For a long, still moment, I didn’t even know where I was, just that everything hurt, and my body felt wrung out and hollow.

Then I forced my eyes open. It was dark except for the light of a dimly lit candle. Next I moved my ...