Silver Reflection

TALIA POV

I fell asleep the second Lucius left.

Couldn't help it. My body just gave up. Every muscle ached. Every nerve ending felt raw.

The bath. The punishment. The sex. The nosebleed.

Too much. All of it.

Finally, Sparrow sighed in my head. Sleep. We EARNED this.

I pulled the sheets up. Closed my eyes.

And fell.

The palace gardens were beautiful.

Sunlight everywhere. Flowers I'd never seen befo