It's time for your punishment

**Lyra POV**

A relentless, crushing pressure hammers inside my skull. I drag myself out of the black void. My eyelids feel like lead weights. They refuse to open. The burning sting of Enzo’s injection still pulses deep in the side of my neck. I try to lift my hand. I need to rub the blinding ache away from my eyes.

My arm refuses to move.

Panic spikes in my chest. I jerk my wrists. Heavy, thi