Kaelen
“Kaida,” I murmured, leaning closer to her hospital bed, my hand still holding hers gently. “Can you remember anything? Who took you? What happened?”
Kaida blinked up at me, her face pale, the weight of exhaustion clearly evident in her features. She opened her mouth, her voice barely above a whisper. “I… I don’t know. It’s all blurry. I was leaving the cafeteria, and then… everything went dark.”
I tried to keep my frustration in check. I didn’t want to push her, not after everything she’d just been through. But I needed answers. Someone had taken her, someone had hurt her, and I needed to know who it was.
“Did you hear anything? Voices? See anything before you were taken?” I asked softly, trying not to overwhelm her.
Kaida furrowed her brow, struggling to remember. “There was
