avy, soundproof do

, making her violently shiver. The thick door muffled the chaotic b

floral wallpaper scraping against her skin. She ga

alated. It felt as if a thick metal spike wa

her hands over her ears, sliding down

fragment forced its way

er own hand deliberately tilt a glass of red wine, pouring i

ed into her before she

etal wrench, smashing it repeatedly against the windshie

ws. The dam broke. Two years of horrif

he heard herself screaming vicious, unfo

rrifying image of

ificate. Her signature was on it, ri

her fingernails into her scalp, pu

d hijacked her body had completely destroyed

onto her side and dry-heaved onto the carp

evator doors chimed open. Heav

guards in dark suit

tell them she needed a doctor. But her legs

ie from his belt. He spoke into it,

e didn't reach out to help her up. He

ight? Do you need m

ave of extreme dizziness washed over he

ing, but his voice sounde

f in a heavy, suffocating wedding dress, walking dow

ness swallowed her completely. Her body w

He finally crouched dow

tion with Mrs. Carlisle in the west corridor. She app

llway erupte

bulance tore through the m

Her face was the color of ash. Her brow

g out her dropping blood pressure and errat

lid open with a sharp hiss. The stretcher w

flashed past Aria's close

es of doctors and nurs

p, icy prick of an IV needle piercing the back of her h