*Gemma*

I flung the quilt off me and started to hurl myself off the bed, but Kael stopped me by sitting on its edge with an exhausted laugh.

“You’re alive,” I said, unable to keep the disbelief out of my voice, even as relief flooded my veins. I could breathe normally again.

“Miraculously. I’m glad you don’t sound disappointed.”

“I am,” said Raisa behind us as she turned on the gas lamp on the wall, throwing a decent ...