Chapter 113: The Mirror’s Promise

Ella’s

The very first thing I registered was pain. It was a deep, insistent, throbbing pulse that originated in my shoulder and relentlessly dragged me up from the depths of sleep. Then came the sound—a steady, repetitive electronic beep from a monitor placed somewhere close to my head. When I finally forced my eyes open, the white walls of the room seemed to burn bright, too clean, and too sharp for my aching head.

I was in a hospital.

My gaze slowly ...