The sterile smell of the hospital surrounded her, and the monotonous beeping of the monitoring monitors provided a soothing background melody. While a nurse checked Serena's wounds, Serena sat on a cot in one of Nathan's medical centers, feeling the light pressure of the bandages covering her wounds.

After she had been cared for, she had finally been able to take a shower and the warm water had washed the dirt and blood from her body. She was now wearing dark green leggings and a white T-shirt that had been brought to her. The clothes felt pleasantly soft and gave her a feeling of normality, despite the chaotic events of...