Alessia: The first thing I felt was cold air brushing my skin. Then a faint scent of pine… mint… and something deeper, something dangerously familiar. I forced my eyes open. Nothing looked familiar. White walls. Soft lighting. Clean sheets tucked around me. A room too polished, too quiet, too modern to belong to Red Moon. I frowned in confusion, and when Sage purred, my whole world stopped. He is close… was the only thing that she said to get my heart to jump painfully. Where am I? I sat up too fast and dizziness slammed into me. A warm, steady hand pushed gently on my shoulder. “Easy, honey. Don’t sit up yet,” a woman said. “Your body is still too weak, and you need to allow it to recover. Otherwise, you are going to be more exhausted than you should.” My eyes snapped towa

