Reya’s POV
When I woke up that morning, the first thing I noticed was the heaviness in my head.
It wasn’t the kind of dull ache you could shake off with a glass of water and a stretch. This one was different—thick, foggy, almost as if my mind was wrapped in cotton. I sat up slowly, pressing my fingers to my temples, trying to blink away the faint spinning in my vision.
Great. Exactly what I needed when I had an entire day at the infirmary ahead of me.
I could’ve stayed in bed. Maybe I should have. But the thought of leaving the clinic unmanned, or worse—letting Ashriel think I was too weak to show up—was enough to push me out from under the blankets. A little dizziness wasn’t going to keep me from doing my job. I had worked through worse.
By the time I got to the infirmary, the sun wa
