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Chapter 163: Penny

I wake slowly.

The kind of slow where the edges of sleep still cling to me, heavy and warm and thick like syrup. I don’t open my eyes yet. I just... feel.

My skin is too hot. My breath is shallow. My body aches, but not in a way that hurts.

There’s heat beneath me. Surrounding me. Sinking into my...