Electra's POV
I wasn't expecting to go to bed this early, but I was too exhausted to keep my eyes open. My head pounded relentlessly, and every breath I took felt like fire burning through my lungs.
Since coughing up blood earlier, my chest hadn't stopped aching, as if something inside me was trying to claw its way out. It was getting worse—this weakness, this... thing that was eating away at me.
I barely had the energy to think, let alone fight it. All I wanted was to sleep, even if just for a little while.
Just as I was pulling my blanket over me, a sudden heat surged through the air behind me, and my body stiffened instantly.
This heat wasn't mine.
Slowly, cautiously, I turned around, and my breath caught in my throat. Standing just a few feet away was a woman I had only ever seen in a dream.
Long, flowing blonde hair that matched my own as well as piercing blue eyes, and a warmth that felt oddly... familiar.
I knew who she was before I even had to think about it.
