Gabriella
I don't remember anything after Elijah told me he was taking me back to the estate.
Small snippets and blurs of me shifting and sobbing and then being pulled up off the ground and thrown over Elijah's shoulder are all I can really recall because the next thing I know, my eyes are opening and I'm safely tucked into my bed in my suite.
Had it all been a nasty dream?
Sitting up slowly, I realize belatedly that I'm alone again. Given that the sun is high in the sky when I lean to look out the window, I'm guessing Raya probably already left to head downstairs for the day. She probably thought I'd overslept again today.
My body feels numb.
Pushing myself up from my bed, I shuffle to the bathroom and flick on the light. My gaunt expression stares back at me in the mirror, dark cir
