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Chapter Ninety Six
Author: Perfect Pen
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Pain.

That was the first thing Kael felt. A raw, searing agony that clawed its way through his skull, dragging him out of the abyss of unconsciousness. It wasn’t a dull ache. No, this was sharp, all-consuming, like wildfire tearing through his nerves. His body—restrained. His arms wouldn’t move. His legs were locked in place. His skin burned where metal pressed into it, cold and unyielding.

Something was wrong.

His breath came in shallow, uneven gasps as he forced his eyes open. A blinding white light slammed into his retinas. Too bright. Too sterile. The air was heavy with the acrid sting of chemicals and something metallic. Blood. His own? Someone else’s? He couldn’t tell.

Then, the realization struck like a fist to the gut.

A lab.

He was back in a lab.

His pulse spiked as he fought against the restraints, but the cold bite of steel dug into his skin. Thick leather straps bound his wrists and ankles to a rigid table. Wires coiled around his body like vines, their thin metallic threa
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