OCTAVIA'S POV I pushed open my eyes slowly, feeling a little better; although lightheaded, it was morning already; the sedative had worked perfectly well; however, I couldn't make sense as to why everything was silent. I tilted my head a bit to the side but caught a glance of no one; lord Nickolai wasn't here yet; Beta clark ought to have explained the entire thing to him, so why exactly was he here yet? I couldn't help the suffocating feeling around me, or perhaps he went to get something? The door opened right on cue as I drifted into thoughts, and a nurse walked in with a tray in her hands as she proceeded to check through my infusion and change the fluid. "Please, if I may ask, have you seen any anywhere? Was he here while I was asleep?" I asked, but seeing how she sho

