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Petal's POV

I was still in a daze, trying to process everything that had happened so far. The cold walls of the room, Sebastian’s harsh grip on my shoulder, the weight of his presence, all of it felt overwhelming. My thoughts were jumbled, racing from one thing to another. I couldn’t understand why I was reacting like this—why my heart was racing, why my body was trembling.

Suddenly, his hands shook me violently, snapping me back to reality. “Earth, Petal,” he said, his voice cold and commanding, cutting through the fog of confusion in my mind.

I gasped, the harshness of the moment felt like a bucket of cold water being thrown at me. I tried to pull away, but his grip only tightened. "Sebastian... it hurts," I whimpered, the words coming out in a stutter that I couldn’t control. It was as if I lost all control of my body when he was this close.