Chapter 77. Awake

DOVE

The sleeping pill canceled its effect after almost three hours. I woke up in my room, covered with three blankets and with my feet freezing. I always have to sleep with socks on, or my feet would freeze horribly. I smiled when I was able to move my legs and arms; I had feared not being able to do so due to some side effect.

“You’re awake now,” Carmen said, sitting next to the bed in one of my small chairs.

I nodded, feeling confused as memories flooded my mind without giving me time to rest or process what had happened. Carmen got up from her seat.

“I’ll go call the doctor; he ordered me to let him know as soon as you opened your eyes,” she said, disappearing through the door and leaving me alone.

I spotted several guards guarding my entrance, standing there. The killer was already dead; I saw it with my own eyes. His capture should no longer concern us. That fight had been very intense. At first, I thought he would win because I considered him the