Elaris's POV
Darkness slowly gave way to light.
The first thing I noticed was the steady beeping somewhere beside me.
Then came the smell.
Antiseptic.
Medicine.
Clean sheets.
A hospital.
I frowned.
My eyelids felt unusually heavy, as though opening them required more strength than I possessed.
Slowly, I forced them apart.
The white ceiling above me came into focus little by little.
For several seconds I simply stared at it, confused.
Where...
My thoughts came sluggishly.
I turned my head slightly.
An IV line disappeared into the back of my hand.
A heart monitor blinked quietly beside the bed.
The realization settled in.
Hospital.
How...?
Fragments of memory surfaced.
The television.
Evren smiling.
His interview.
Everything he said.
Pain tightened inside my chest a
