Marked As Theirs
Chapter 23
Veronica's POV
Pain.
My body felt like it was on fire, my eyes squinting as I opened them to behold the ceiling.
Familiar.
I blinked again. Once. Twice.
The golden-hued beams and the faint smell of lavender… It was my room.
Not the infirmary. The curtain was there too.
So, what the hell?
I blinked harder and tried to sit up, but a sharp pain dabbed at my sides and I whimpered.
“Don’t—” a voice advised. Warm fingers held my shoulder before I could make another move.
Seth.
He knelt beside the bed, his brows pulled together.
“Easy, Veronica. Just... stay down. You’ve been out for a while.”
I opened my mouth, my throat dry. “What... happened—”
And then I remembered.
Adnam’s voice in my head saying there’d been a murder.
The ache in my chest wh
