35. A Shock

AELIANA

I froze and I felt Voktor stiffen. I pulled away as if his touch burnt.

"Slut." Karys’s quiet voice came.

‘Slut’ Voktor had called me the same. If I knew… An excruciating pain pressed against my chest, suffocating me. I felt like I was being forced underwater. I couldn’t breathe.

I turned and rushed to the door. The strip of light was the only thing guiding me, I stumbled as my hands d