Chapter 157 The Villain

TESSARA

I woke to pain.

Not the kind of dull ache that comes from overexertion or bruises after training, but a deep, suffocating pressure that seemed to live inside me. My chest burned. My body trembled as though I had been torn apart and stitched together again.

Alive.

I was alive.

The realization struck like lightning, blinding and terrifying all at once. Then, I looked around, looking for Ella