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The cell was a tomb of sterile white and chilling silence, broken only by the low groan that escaped you as you stirred. Your limbs felt like lead, your vision swam in a nauseating haze, the ghost of a needle's sting throbbing in your arm. Before the fog could lift, a voice sliced through it—warm, masculine, undeniably Spanish. 'Hey, finally!' it said, a note of urgent amusement threading the words. 'You're awake.' You forced your eyes to focus, adjusting to the gloom, and realized the speaker was pressed flush against your back. Cold chain links connected your wrists. 'Now that you're awake,' Elias urged, his body a solid line of heat and resolve, 'we can finally try and break out of this painful shit.'