Chapter Nineteen
Her head still hurt, and the light wasn’t helping—those were her only thoughts as she slowly woke up. Then an image flashed in her mind, reminding her what had given her the headache. Panicking, she tried to jump up, but her body felt so heavy. To her relief, her legs were free now, but one of her arms had something on it. She tugged at it and gasped, the pain finally enough to make her eyes fly open.
Looking around, she was thankful to find she wasn’t locked in a room anymore. Focusing better the longer her eyes were open, she could make out enough to tell she was in a hospital and had just pulled out her IV. She pulled the blanket up to press on where she was bleeding and looked around for someone to help.
What she saw was Mason, asleep in a pull-out chair with one ar
