ADRIANO’S POV~
A groan tore from my throat before I even realized I was conscious.
The pain hit first. A sharp, searing wave that ripped through my ribs and set my nerves on fire. I sucked in a breath… too fast, too shallow and it felt like knives slicing through my chest. My hand flew instinctively to my side, and the second I moved, agony lashed through me so hard I saw black for a moment.
I clenched my jaw until it hurt. My eyes burned. My head spun.
Then several loud, annoying beeping resounded.
i knew those sounds. It belonged to Monitors. Machines.
The sharp scent of antiseptic filled my nose. I knew that smell. Hospitals. A place I’d avoided for years because men like me didn’t survive hospitals… we died in them.
My eyelids fluttered open against the sharp glare of overhead
