Kayla’s POVThe steady rhythm of the heart monitor should have comforted me. It didn’t. It sounded too perfect—too synchronized. Every beep was sharp, precise, mechanical. Like the system had rewritten even the sound of my pulse.I lay there, staring at the ceiling, counting the seconds between each breath. Liam hadn’t left my side since I woke. He sat slouched in the chair beside the bed, eyes hollow from exhaustion, hands still trembling as if afraid I’d vanish if he blinked.The nurse had come in once, checked my vitals, whispered something to Liam, and left. But even then, I noticed it—her hesitation, the way her gaze lingered on the monitor too long, her lips tightening like she saw something she didn’t understand.When the door closed, Liam finally spoke.“They said you shouldn’t be awake yet,” he murmured, voice rough with fatigue. “That after what happened, it’s a miracle you’re breathing on your own.”I turned my head, my throat dry. “It wasn’t a miracle.”His brows furrowed.
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