Rosemary
I fluttered my eyes open, the soft beeping of machines filling the room like an unfamiliar lullaby. The strange scent of the hospital assaulted my senses, sterile and cold. My body felt impossibly heavy, every limb weighed down by exhaustion I couldn’t shake. I tried to lift my hand, to move my fingers, but even that simple action felt like wading through thick mud. Panic surged through me, but my body refused to respond.
Where was I? What happened?
The haze in my mind was thick, clouding my thoughts, but fragments started to surface, small pieces of memory I clung to desperately - the wedding. Yes, I had been at Nathaniel and Liam’s wedding. I remembered the clearing in the woods, the soft glow of the lanterns, the smell of wildflowers in the air. I remembered as we watched Na
