Chapter 17 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

“Ugh.”

I awoke with a pounding headache, as if a boulder had been dropped on my skull. Blinking, I found myself in an unfamiliar room. When I tried to stand, searing pain shot through my wrists where they were bound behind a wooden post.

What was going on?

I twisted against the ropes, but they on...