Chapter 190

SIENNA

The world swam back slowly, softer this time. No stabbing light. No sharp alarms. Just the quiet hum of machines and the faint rhythm of footsteps echoing down a hallway somewhere beyond my door.

I blinked, my lashes fluttering against the weight of sleep. The ceiling came into focus—sterile white, a little cracked in the corner, as though time itself had chipped away at it. My chest ro