Nadia's POV

Something wasn't right.

My brain was foggy, and my eyes didn't want to open. Yet, in the back of my mind, I seemed to realize something had woken me up. Yet what was it…

As if on autopilot, my hand reached out and grabbed the phone off of the nightstand, swiped on the little circle, and the noise that I hadn't registered ceased. I pressed the phone to my ear.

"'Lo?" I said, my voice barely cracking out.

"Nadia?" my mother's shrill tone came ...