Selene’s POV
The first thing I heard was a voice. It was low and deep, probably a man and it was in my dreams.
“You’ll be safe now.”
It echoed in my head, the way a memory does underwater... muffled, distant, but so familiar and it hurt me. I tried to reach for it, to move toward that sound, but nothing happened. My limbs were unable to move and breathing felt like something impossible.
And then, nothing.
The kind of silence that leaves you unsure and you start questioning if you're even here at all.
When I finally managed to pry my eyes open, the world hit me like a fistful of light. Sun spilled through a narrow window, painting gold across a ceiling I’d never seen, smooth stone, dark wood beams. For a second, I thought maybe I had died, until the scent of herbs and clean sheets
