Ivy's POV

“Mi… Miss Ivy, how do you feel now?” the doctor stammered the moment Lucien stepped out through the open door. I didn’t even know where that door led to, only that it swallowed him whole, leaving me alone with her.

Beads of sweat were sliding down her forehead, and for some reason, that nervousness didn’t sit right with me. “I’m fine… just weak,” I answered, my voice steady. But inside, I wasn’t fine at all. There was something about her behavior—strange, ...