His Dark Devotion •The Monster Bride•
Author’s POV
Iris’s eyes opened slowly. She blinked, trying to ease the soreness, the itching in her eyes. They felt heavy and swollen after hours of crying.
At first, her mind was blank. Her hand instinctively moved to rub her eyes, but the tenderness made her wince. They had become too sensitive. Her gaze wandered across the room, and things started flooding back, one after another, adding pressure to her already broken mind.
Her eyes remained fixed on the ceiling, unmoving, unblinking. Tears rolled down her cheeks, but no sound left her lips. Only a hollow ache resided inside her. Her pain had settled into a heavy, consuming emptiness.