NailaI fought my way through the thick fog clouding my mind.A soft protest escaped my lips as my eyes fluttered open. I didn't want to wake up.Sleep was easier and safer. In the darkness, I didn't have to remember that my life was nothing but an empty void.The only thing I knew was my name.Naila.I searched desperately for something more, maybe a face, a memory, a voice anything. But every time I reached for the answers, they slipped through my fingers like smoke.My past stretched before me like a barren wasteland empty and lost. Empty.With a weary sigh, I turned my head on the pillow, hoping to drift back into oblivion.Before I could close my eyes again, a large, warm hand wrapped gently around mine as fear shot through me.My heart lurched violently before I remembered where I was, the hospital.I was safe but still instinct took over.I jerked my hand away as my breathing turned quick and uneven."You mustn't go back to sleep yet, my love"His voice was deep and warm but
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