EVE’S POV

The world slowly returned to me like waves rolling back to its source after a long and violent storm. First all I heard were the sounds around me, a light tapping that following a rhythm, a breathing that didn’t come from me, and the creak of chairs. Then there a familiar warmth I felt.

My eyelids opened slowly, the dim orange light coming into the room through the window immediately told me it was evening already. I was in my room, the last place I had seen myself at was the ...