Debt and Devotion

AUTHOR'S POV

"You are finally awake?" Gideon dropped the cup of tea he had been sipping and looked at Nadia whose eyes were just opening.

"I... I am still alive?" Nadia whispered almost inaudibly.

"Of course, you are still alive. What do you think? That you died from the gunshot?" Gideon asked with a grin on his face.

Nadia shut her eyes for a few seconds, hearing Gideon shuffle around, gettin