Unexpected Vigil

Zara

The first thing I noticed was the light. It was soft, but it still felt too sharp against my closed eyelids, it was like tiny needles pressing in from outside. I tried to open my eyes, but they felt heavy, glued shut, like my body hadn't fully decided to wake up yet. I blinked slowly, once, twice, forcing myself through the fog until the room around me started to make sense.

I saw white ceili