Elias's Pov

The sunlight was the first thing I felt. It didn't feel warm; it felt like a physical weight pressing against my eyelids, forcing me back into a world I wasn't ready to face. My head throbbed with a rhythmic, dull ache that made even the act of breathing feel like a chore. I groaned, shifting my weight, and realized there was a heaviness on the edge of my mattress.

I forced my eyes open. Sitting at the foot of my bed, her head resting on her arms, was Andrea.

I blinked, trying to clear the fog in my brain. The last thing I remembered was falling into Mara’s...