Chapter 42: Don’t You Dare Fake It

*Mia*

The first thing that my brain registered, when I started to regain consciousness, was pain. A lot of it. And it was everywhere. My head throbbed and the muscles of my limbs were sore. I flexed very slightly and found that just about every part of my body felt as if it had been beaten with a meat cleaver.

The second thing I noticed was that I couldn’t move, and not just because of the ...