Chapter 49
Ella
When I woke up, the first thing I noticed was how dark the room had become.
I blinked, trying to shake off the heavy sleep clinging to me. My limbs felt sluggish, like I had been sleeping for days instead of hours. The soft glow of the bedside lamp cast long shadows across the room, and for a moment, I just lay there, trying to piece together what had happened.
I had eaten breakfast earlier. I remembered that much. And then… I had gone back to sleep. But that wasn’t normal. I wasn’t the kind of person who slept all day.
Why had I been so exhausted?
Panic started creeping in as I sat up, rubbing my eyes. Had someone put something in my food? Was I sick? But I felt fine now—just a little disoriented.
I turned my head toward the other beds in the room, expecti
