Chapter 48. What Did You Do to Me?

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My head pounds.

Throbbing. Like drums. Inside my skull.

The ceiling above me isn’t familiar. Neither is the scent—floral. Cheap. Synthetic.

I blink against the blinding morning light.

My body aches. Burning. My skin feels like it’s been set on fire and doused with ice.

I shift.

There’s someone beside me.

Breathing slow. Soft. Familiar, but wrong.

No.

I bolt upright—heart slamming against my ribs.

The blanket slides off.

I'm—

Naked.

What the fuck.

“Rae?” I rasp.

But it’s not her.

It’s her.

Karina.

Hair sprawled across the pillow like a spider's nest.

Her lips are red. Smeared.

My stomach turns.

No. No. No.

I yank the sheets off, grabbing my pants. My shirt. Anything. I throw them on with shaking hands.

My mind’s racing.

Rae.

The lingerie photos.

Her voice, soft and sweet, echoing in my head.

“Take me when you’re