NINA'S POV
“s**t… s**t… s**t!”
I slammed my palms against the desk again, harder this time, the sharp pain barely registering.
The room felt too small, too tight, like the walls were slowly closing in on me. We were back home, yet I had never felt more cornered in my life.
Nanny Paula hovered behind me, pacing like a restless ghost. Every step she took scraped against my nerves.
My breathing was uneven. My hands trembled violently, fingers refusing to obey me. I could feel it…the tightness in my chest, the familiar burn spreading like wildfire. I hissed, bending slightly as the pain stabbed through me.
“No… not now,” I muttered.
I yanked open the drawer and grabbed my medication, my fingers clumsy, desperate.
The pills rattled loudly as I poured them into my palm and swallowed th
