CHAPTER… CLARA’S POV. I don’t know how long I have slept but when my eyes opened, it almost felt like I had drifted into another world. My body felt heavy and warm, yet still sore in the same place that reminded me of everything that had happened… of everything I was trying so hard to move on from. The room was calm. So calm that for a moment, I almost thought I was alone. The soft crash of waves slipped into the room from the French windows, and the sound of it hushed the pain that I have been trying so hard to push away. My tensed body melted into the bed, pulling me back into my normal self… steadying my breath… grounding me, and granting me the peace I knew I lacked. I blinked a few times, trying to fully wake up, and that was when my eyes drifted to the other corner of the roo

