Ultimate Betrayal

Cassia Rowe

Pain. It was the first thing I felt. A deep, searing pain that burned through my body, making it impossible to move.

I could hear voices—muffled, furious. My mother’s voice was the closest, trembling with desperation, while another voice—softer but urgent—whispered hurried words over me. I blinked, my vision swimming in and out of focus, but the moment I tried to sit up, a wave of dizz