Siena’s POV

At first, there was nothing.

Just emptiness.

Not the kind of emptiness that comes with silence or a quiet room. This was deeper. Blacker. Heavier. It felt like the world had disappeared, like I had been dropped into the middle of a never-ending dark ocean, and I was sinking slowly into it, my body weightless but pulled down all the same. I didn’t know where I was, or even if I was still alive. There was no sound. No light. No sense of direction. Just cold. Bone-deep cold that crawled through my skin and settled in my bones.

It felt like I was floating between a dream and...