Chapter 232: He had found them

The room smelt like rust and oil.

It was the first thing Serena registered when consciousness fully settled back into her body—the thick, metallic tang clinging to the air, heavy enough to coat the back of her throat.

The second was that her wrists burnt.

She tried to move, but pain flared instantly, sharp and unforgiving, as the thick ropes bit into her skin. Her arms were bound behind her back,