~~~Aurelia POV~~~I woke up gasping.My hand flew to my stomach before I even opened my eyes.Flat and empty.No. No, no, no.A sob ripped out of my throat, raw and ugly. I curled onto my side, clutching the blanket like it could hold the pieces of me together. My baby. I had felt that tiny life only hours ago, and now there was nothing.Wait.Blanket?I froze. The Abyss was cold stone, venom and blood. This was soft linen, warm sunlight, and the faint smell of salt.I opened my eyes.A low wooden ceiling. Seashells strung on twine by the window, clinking in the breeze. A narrow bed, a crooked shelf of herbs, a chipped mirror leaning against the wall.I was alive.That was impossible."Hazel!" a woman's voice called from downstairs. "If you're not up in five minutes, you'll be late for school again!"Hazel?I sat up too fast and my head spun. Then I looked at my hands.They were wrong. Smaller, slimmer, the skin a shade darker. A thin silver scar curled across one knuckle.These weren
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