I honestly didn't know it was morning.I stirred from sleep, confused, disoriented, trying to comprehend where I was. Nothing made sense. The light was too harsh, flooding through floor-to-ceiling windows that shouldn't have been there, but was. The air smelled wrong, sterile, formal, laced with the faint scent of printer ink and weak coffee.Wait...I tried to help myself up, but my neck screamed in protest, stiff from the awkward position I'd been sleeping at. My back ached. My eyes felt like sandpaper, they hurt so bad I wanted to cry.But then a face appeared directly in front of mine."Jesus Christ, you scared me!" I yelped, my hand flying to my chest as my heart hammered violently against my ribs.Elena stood there, arms crossed, her expression caught somewhere between concern and disappointment. "Well, good morning to you too."I blinked at her, still trying to organise myself. My brain felt sluggish, foggy, useless.Why am I in the office?And then I looked at my desk.My eyes
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