Chapter 159:

Kira’s POV:

Pain. It was the first thing I registered, a dull, throbbing ache around my abdomen. It felt both distant and overwhelming. Mixed with it was a suffocating grogginess, a thick, cottony haze that clung to the edges of my consciousness, making every thought sluggish and distant.

A sense of foreboding, a chilling fear, was coiled tight in my mind. Reminding me that something was wrong, so