Chapter 119. Bound to Him

When Irtaza left her alone in the room, Zahra didn’t move for a long moment. Her entire body felt frozen, trapped under the weight of everything that had happened. The pain in her limbs, the ache in her heart—none of it compared to the terror that still pulsed through her veins.

She felt as though she had been ripped apart, her soul bruised and battered just like her body. The air in the room was thick, suffocating, pressing down on her like an invisible force, as if the walls themselves were closing in, trapping her in the nightmare that refused to end.

Her breaths were shallow, uneven. Every inhale felt forced, every exhale laced with silent sobs she could no longer release. She had no more tears left to cry.

A sharp knock at the door startled her.

She flinched violently, her heart hammering against her ribs, her pulse a frantic, erratic beat. Her fingers clutched the edges of her dress, gripping the fabric as if it could somehow anchor her, keep her from c