Chapter 217

SIENNA

I woke to the soft hum of machines and the faint antiseptic chill that seeped into every inch of the hospital room. For a moment, I didn’t move. I just stared at the ceiling — too white, too bright, too empty — and tried to make sense of the pounding behind my eyes.

My body felt heavy, thick with the sedative Gideon had insisted on. I remembered fighting it, begging him not to let them