No, that wasn’t possible. Even as the tight hold on her shoulders loosened for the first time in days, Erato refused to believe it was possible. Too many times she had held out hope, but that was before, when there was light in the world.
She whined with pain as feeling flooded back into her arms, the abused joints creaking. Her arms were so stiff and sore. She began to retreat further inward, trying to distance herself from the pain before Hybris snapped her arms, as she had threatened to do.