Kaiden’s Point of View
The rays of sunlight pierced through the curtains like sharp blades, cutting through the dim haze of the room and flooding my vision. I groaned, shifting on the leather couch, and instinctively raised my arm to shield my face from the invasive light. My body felt heavy, as though weighed down by an invisible force.
Slowly, I pushed myself upright, blinking against the light. A frown etched itself onto my face as an unsettling sensation washed over me—a feeling so foreign, so wrong, that it made my skin crawl.
My head throbbed, and then, like a bolt of lightning, a sharp, splitting pain lanced through my skull.
“Argh!” I clutched my temples, gasping as the pain intensified, hot and searing. My breaths came out ragged as my vision blurred, and I could feel Sl
