Stripped of Defiance

_Sienna's POV_

A low groan clawed its way up my parched throat. I pried my heavy eyelids open, wincing as a blinding, pounding ache hammered against the inside of my skull. The pain was relentless, pulsing in a cruel rhythm that made my vision blur and swim in the dim light. The freezing, damp air of the basement bit into my exposed skin, sending violent shivers wrecking down my spine. A layer of