Chapter 86 Dressed to Control

***Hazel***

I wake slowly this time.

Not from screaming. Not from fear.

Just from the quiet rustle of fabric.

For a moment, I don’t remember where I am. The sheets are softer than mine. The mattress firmer. The air smells faintly of clean linen and whatever expensive cologne Gideon wears that seems to cling to everything in this room.

Then I see her.

A woman I don’t recognize stands near the bathr