JOANNA
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I didn’t know how quiet my mornings, or more appropriately, my life, had been until I regained consciousness that morning.
Even before my eyes opened, I could see far beyond my bedroom.
I could see Sela cleaning and dusting the living room. Mina was whistling in the bathroom, scrubbing the floor as if it were made of gold.
The usually faint smell of cleaning products suddenly felt like it could suffocate me. When my eyes finally fluttered open, the morning light didn’t just flash brightly. It burned, and I quickly pulled the duvet over my head.
Yet, I could still see by hearing and feeling as if all my nerve endings had been turned up to maximum capacity.
“Beautiful morning, isn’t it?” Aura’s voice purred in my mind, sounding smug and far too awake for someone who had
