Chapter 52

NADINE

I groggily moved, my frame inching to one side beneath the soft blanket, trapped half-asleep, half-awake. My lips released a faint sigh as I opened my eyes. Morning light filtered through curtains that were foreign to me.

For an instant, confusion lay over me like a thick haze. The space was not home, the bed too big, the air bearing a scent unfamiliar to me.

Then it hit me, suddenly, all