ADIRA
I woke up to Mark gently shaking me awake. I opened my eyes and smiled when I saw him staring at me. “What time is it?” I asked. It was still dark in the room, which made me feel disoriented.
“It’s late.” Mark knelt next to the bed, waiting for me to sit up. “Zay told me Reyland woke up, and I knew you would want to see him. If you want to go back to sleep, we can visit him in the morning.”
I lay my head on the pillow for a second, ready to go back to sleep, but when my brain processed what Mark had said, I flung forward with wide eyes. “He’s awake?”
“He woke up a few minutes ago. He was asking about you.” Mark moved to pick me up, but I stopped him.
“I can walk,” I insisted. I swung my legs over the bed and stood up. Mark hesitated, ready to pick me up, but he let me do what I
