Eira’s POV
Faint sounds stirred me from the depths of unconsciousness. Pain coursed through every inch of my body—it felt as though I had been trampled by a vehicle, leaving only broken pieces behind.
My eyes fluttered open, struggling against the sharp sting of light that streamed in through the tall glass windows. Above me stretched an unfamiliar white ceiling, pristine and sterile. The brightness was overwhelming. My body flinched from it—not because of the light itself, but because I had forgotten what light looked like.
I had spent years locked in darkness. Rooms without windows. Air heavy with filth and fear. Pain, commands, bruises—nothing else. My mind, my soul, my very instincts had adapted to only one truth: darkness was home.
And now, this sudden flood of sunlight, this cris
