Aria's POV
The first thing I felt was pain.
A slow dragging ache that pulled me out of sleep like someone was pulling at my ribs. My head throbbed. My mouth tasted dry and my body felt wrong.
Slowly, my eyes fluttered open only for the lights to stab at me. It took me a few long, shaky seconds before the room stopped swaying in my eyes.
And slowly my brain registered the memory. The party, the shouting, and the pain as I hit the floor.
My eyes widened as I instinctively reached for my belly but all I felt was tightness. I gasped, sitting up, “doctor —” the word had already slipped out of my mouth when my brain registered the figure, Leon, at the entrance.
And then the last wave of my memory hit. Him coming to get me. He was the one that picked me up.
“Leon…” my voice trailed off as
