Elariana
This is the first thought that fully forms in my mind as we move, as the world around me takes shape again. There is no water around me now. No light. No pain. There are arms.
Strong arms. Steady support. The rhythm of a body breathing beneath me, as if it is natural that I am here. As if this is where I belong.
Zane is carrying me. He did not ask if my body could walk. He did not ask if I wanted to go. He simply lifted me, and I did not resist. That alone is so foreign that the thought makes me dizzy. Before, I would have screamed. Every muscle would have locked. My stomach would have twisted at the smallest touch.
Not now. Now I just hold on.
The blanket is wrapped around me. I feel the rough fabric under my fingers. I feel my own skin, strangely sensitive, as if every nerv
