The Wolfsbane Pit

*Lyra*

Consciousness returned not as a gentle awakening, but as a brutal collision with agony.

A blinding throb fractured my skull the second I opened my eyes. Pitch blackness swallowed me whole. I blinked hard, expecting the darkness to fade into the dim light of the cavern where Rowan had laid me down just moments ago. Nothing changed. The void remained thick, suffocating, and absolute.

I dre