Rose's POV

The first I noticed was beeping. Persistent, rhythmic, a gentle yet incessant beep, cutting through the thick fog in my mind.

The second sensation was the feeling. Lighter than a feather and yet sinking. My body didn't belong, didn't seem to be in it. My limbs didn't want to move. My eyelids weighed a ton. My skull throbbed on the inside, a dull, leaden pain, a plodding throb that waxed and waned in labored pulses.

I opened my eyes forcefully.

The glare hit me first. ...