Part 2: Awakening to Confinement
The first rays of sunlight crept through what I assumed were ornate curtains, warming my face and slowly pulling me from the depths of exhaustion. For a moment, I lay still, my mind struggling to make sense of my surroundings. The bed beneath me was too soft, the air too still and fragrant to be the rough accommodations of the Trials.
As awareness flooded back, so did the memories of the previous day. The grueling challenges, the constant danger, and finally, the moment when my body had betrayed me, collapsing into... Harry's arms. The realization jolted me fully awake, and I sat up abruptly, my eyes darting around the unfamiliar room.
It was undoubtedly a guest chamber in the palace, far too luxurious to be anything else. But the opulence did little to
