Chapter Seventy-Two: What Happened?
Kiara's POV:
Dipping in and out of consciousness was a weird sensation. It felt as if I was floating in a vast ocean, the surface glimmering with the touch of sunlight just a little out of my reach. Each time I nearly broke through, it danced away, teasing me, tantalizingly close yet so far. My senses were muted, my thoughts garbled, but I was vaguely aware of the fact that I was not alone.
The first thing I heard was a voice, a comforting and familiar sound that pierced through the heavy shroud of darkness.
"Sweetheart," it resonated, each syllable drenched with a cocktail of emotions—despair, urgency, fear. Kayden.
I’d know his voice anywhere. The gentle baritone brought a sense of familiarity in the midst of my confusion. It called out to me, ur
