IDAHLIA The lights hit my eyes too hard as my lashes weakly fluttered open. I hissed quietly in pain, closing them back.

Mustering courage to brace the gleaming lights, I opened my eyes again but slowly and cautiously. It wasn't as bad as before.

Ignoring the heavy throbbing on both sides of my temples, I slowly raised my weak frame to a sitting position and gave my surrounding a full-on scan.

The typical white walls and sparsely decorated room plus the steady beeping monitor quelled my ...