Chapter 524

Ivy's POV

Everything was dark, warm, and comfortable.

Then, slowly, the darkness began to thin at the edges, like ink dissolving in water. I opened one eye—just one—testing whether the world still existed beyond my eyelids. The light was soft, yellowed, nothing harsh. Encouraged, I opened the other.

The white ceiling drifted slightly, or maybe I was the one drifting. I couldn't tell. I blinked a f