Chapter 39

Elodie’s POV

There was no pain when I opened my eyes again.

There was only sound, a soft distant tune like the world had been submerged underwater. A single note of static, a low hum that could’ve been a heart monitor or thunder rolling miles away.

Light flickered behind my eyelids, colors I couldn’t name shifting and curling like smoke.

Was I dead?

No. Not yet. But I wasn’t where I recognized ei