Bloodstained Reunion

Vivienne’s POV

The world returned to me in slow fragments: sound, light, and a throbbing ache behind my eyes that pulsed with every breath. I tried to sit up, but the room tilted, swaying as if I were trapped on a boat in a storm. My limbs felt too heavy, my mouth too dry, and a faint metallic taste confirmed that whatever they’d drugged me with had still not left my system. I heard faint footstep