Amber. My eyes fluttered open slowly, but the harsh glare of sunlight mixed with bright white hospital lights made it impossible to keep them fully open at first. For several long seconds, everything felt disorienting. I wasn’t sure where I was. At first I thought I must be dead. I was supposed to be. Was this what heaven looked like? I had never really believed in life after death, but the sterile smell that hit my nose and the quiet voices around me quickly pulled me back to reality. There was a heavy pressure on my wrist, a dull, throbbing reminder. Was this the pain from where Zeden had slit my wrist? But if I was truly gone, would I still feel something like this? My hazy thoughts shattered when a calm female voice broke through. “You’re awake.” I tried to move my hands, my legs, even to speak, but nothing responded the way my brain commanded. Where was I? Zeden? The questions burned in my mind, but my throat felt like it was on fire every
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