Page 87 of The Night Burning

SOMEWHERE ELSE

RAIKA

I sat up with a start,breathing hard. I pressed a hand to my chest, a dull pain in my heart. What had happened?

I looked up and found a young woman and a man standing by the bed’s footboard, looking at me.

“You’re awake!” the man said, his voice deep.

I frowned, my mind spinning and empty.

Where was I? What room was this? Who were these people?

But most importantly… I sucked in a sharp breath. “Who am I?”

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