Chapter 14
Kayla pov
Consciousness came back slowly, in pieces, like pulling myself up through something thick and heavy that didn't want to let go.
The first thing I registered was pain, a dull, insistent ache pulsing somewhere near my ankle, sharp enough to cut through the fog but not sharp enough to fully wake me. The second thing was light, soft and filtered, coming from somewhere above me.
I didn't know where I was.
I blinked slowly, the ceiling swimming into focus, pale tiles, a fluorescent light humming faintly overhead. Not my room. Not Priya's room. Somewhere else entirely.
Fragments came back first, disconnected and strange. Rain, cold against my skin. Rhys's sweater, warm and too big, draped over my shoulders. Cole, crossing the hallway fast, pulling Rhys away without a w
