Ava's Pov..
The first thing I heard was the sound.
Beep... beep... beep.
It was a slow, steady rhythm. It sounded far away yet so close.
Then, I felt the heaviness. My body felt heavy and even my eyelids felt like they weighed a hundred pounds.
I tried to move a finger. It was just a tiny movement, but it felt like running a marathon.
"She moved," a deep voice whispered.
I knew that voice. It sounded rough, tired, and scared but it also sounded like home.
Luca.
I forced my eyes to open. The light was too bright. It burned. I blinked rapidly, trying to clear the blurriness.
Slowly, the world came into focus. I saw a white ceiling. I saw a plastic tube near my face.
And then, I saw him.
Luca was sitting in a chair right next to my bed. But he didn't look like the Luca I remember
