----Scarlet POV----
“Edmund!”
I jolted awake in an unfamiliar room on an unfamiliar bed, disoriented and panicked by my surroundings and the aching question—Who am I?
As my gaze swept the room, I realized I had returned to my reality—back in the present, with my family surrounding me. The recognition struck me like a brick wall, sharp and unrelenting. My breath caught as the flood of memories surged forward, bringing with them a torrent of emotion too vast to contain.
I slumped against the pillow, tears streaming down my face, the hopelessness of it all crashing down like a tidal wave.
“Poppy!” my dad called out, stepping toward me, but before he could reach my side, a pair of gentle arms wrapped around me. I was pulled into a warm, wordless embrace.
“It’s okay. Cry it out,” Stella w
