Chapter 188: Jax: Trapped

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I hit the floor with a painful thud. My entire body was screaming in agony, my head throbbed, and my mind was a foggy blur. I couldn't focus my eyes, couldn't get my bearings, and I couldn't get the smell of my own blood out of my nostrils.

Why weren't my wounds healing? Those damned witches probably used a spell that prevented me from healing. Or maybe the restraints had some sort of magic, because they'd burned worse than anything I'd ever felt before in my life. Yet, all I could seem to think about was Piper and the horror on her face.

Piper!

I struggled to sit upright, but my body wouldn't cooperate, and I slumped back down. Where the hell was I? I blinked, but my right eye was swollen and my left was filled with blood. I groaned and curled into the fetal position.

"Jax!"

And now, apparently, I was hallucinating and hearing Chloe's voice.