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Chapter 6 - The Mercy Cage

Chapter 6 - The Mercy Cage

Anne - New York City, 1899

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Anne - 1899

Prologue // Chapter 1 // Chapter 2 // Chapter 3 // Chapter 4 // Chapter 5

My eyes blink open, everything is blurry. It takes a moment to adjust, then I feel the throbbing pain in my head and it all comes back to me; the club, the horrified faces of Rose and Florence. Did I black out? What happened? My head aches and I am overcome with a torturous ringing in my ears. “Reformed. Reformed. Reformed.” still plays like a phonograph cranking in my head.  It haunts me. My breath quickens as I start to panic, and I try to move my arms, but I cannot since they are restrained?

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