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Bella woke with a throbbing headache, her mind sluggish as the sting of pain jolted her awake. Her skin felt like it was on fire. Blinking rapidly, she struggled to focus on her surroundings. Panic clawed at her chest when she realized why she was in such agony, chains. Heavy, silver chains wrapped around her wrists and ankles, burning her skin and sending searing pain through her entire body.
Her breath came in ragged gasps as she tried to remember what had happened. The hunt. The flag. Alpha Brad. Her heart raced as fragments of her last memories surfaced, the sharp blow to her head and the darkness that followed.
"Where am I?" she muttered to herself, her voice weak. She strained against the chains, but the pain was unbearable. Sweat dripped down her forehead as she looked around,
