Amelia gradually returns to awareness with the support of Elijah - it is as if the consciousness was gradually getting back to the body as the tide to the shore.

Pain was the first which she became aware of; it was a deep, pulsing pain, as though it was stretching from head to toe.

Then the feelings began to hit her: The sound could be heard to be that of a beeping which she came to conclusion to be medical devices, the feel of the bedsheets, she was on, and a hospital-like fragrance.

It was difficult for Amelia to pry her eyes open and she had to rub them against...