Spicy Hot
Elara
Consciousness returns in waves, slow and heavy. First, the smell. It's no longer the sandalwood and leather of Kael's room, but the clean, the neutral scent of my own sheets. Then, the sensation. A dull, widespread pain, like an immense bruise covering the entire surface of my skin. And finally, the memory. Vivid, searing, burning on my left hip.