Not Cinderella

Evie jolted awake, gasping as sharp morning sunlight poured through the towering floor-to-ceiling windows, slicing a bright path across the vast bedroom. Her head throbbed instantly, a dull, rhythmic pulse drumming against her skull with every beat of her heart. Her mouth tasted like stale air, cheap beer, and copper. She blinked up at the endless expanse of the pristine white ceiling, her mind mo