Betty's POV. 

When I woke, the silence was gone.

Instead, a sharp, heavy pounding filled my skull, like someone was hammering from the inside. I winced, pressing my palm to my forehead as I tried to breathe through it.

Everything felt slow and blurry at first.

For a moment, I didn’t even know where I was.

I smelled the faint smell of herbs and lanterns flickering near the wall. 

My fingers curled around the sheets as my senses finally began returning, little by little.

I forced myself ...