CHAPTER 199
KATYA POV
Something blunt slammed into the side of my head, wiping the sleep out of me in an instant.
The world lurched violently, my vision exploding into white before collapsing into darkness around the edges.
A sound tore from my throat, half gasp, half cry, as my body pitched forward. I stumbled, fingers scraping uselessly against the doorframe as my knees gave out beneath me.
The floor met me hard, jarring enough to knock the air from my lungs. Pain surged through my back, radiating outward as if my spine had been struck with lightning.
My head throbbed in sickening waves, each pulse making it harder to think, harder to breathe, harder to stay conscious.
Someone was behind me.
I tried to look over my shoulder, but my neck screamed in protest and my vision swam again, black spots dancing at the edges.
"W–wait—" The word barely made it past my lips.
