The weekend came faster than Aria expected.
After her first week back at school, everything felt different. Lighter. Manageable. For the first time in a long while, she had something outside the walls of the mansion. Something that wasn’t controlled by Adrian.
And she enjoyed it.
More than she thought she would.
Friday had ended on a good note. She had attended all her classes, laughed with Lina, and even stayed a little longer than usual just to soak in the feeling of being normal again.
But by Saturday morning, everything changed.
Aria woke up with a heavy head.
At first, she thought it was just exhaustion. The kind that came from suddenly doing too much after being stuck at home for so long.
But then—
Her body felt warm.
Too warm.
Her throat hurt when she swallowed, and her n
