Zephyr's POV

True to their words, two guards together with and a nurse came to fetch me in the morning. She was with a clipboard and smiled at me like we were friends.

"Time to start prep," she said cheerfully like I was getting ready for a spa day instead of being cut open and harvested.

They took me to a different room which was smaller and much colder. There was also a hospital bed that had restraints and different sizes of medical equipment I didn't recognize.

"Sit," the nurse said. She checked my vitals and made notes on her clipboard.

"Everything looks good," she said. "We'll be monitoring you...