Elena
I couldn’t remember when I had fallen asleep.
All I remembered was comforting Mara. She had cried so hard that her breathing turned uneven, almost as if she couldn’t catch her breath. I held her close, gently patting her back while murmuring soft reassurances until her sobs gradually faded and she drifted into sleep.
The next thing I knew, morning light was already spilling across the room, the warm glow falling over my face and pulling me awake.
When I opened my eyes, I instinctively glanced at my right side, only to see that Mara was gone.
I blinked slowly, still disoriented, before pushing myself up from the bed. My head felt a little heavy from the lack of proper sleep. As I swung my legs off the mattress, my gaze drifted toward the clock on the wall.
My eyes
