Viya's POV
Maybe it was the hospital exhaustion catching up with me, but the moment my head hit the pillow, I was gone.
When I woke up, the sunlight streaming through the window was a warm golden color, casting long shadows across the floor. For a brief, disoriented moment, I felt like a child again—waking up from an afternoon nap in the Blackwood estate, my first instinct always to run downstairs and find Caesar.
But I wasn't in the Blackwood house.
I was in the Shadowfang estate.
I sat up slowly, shook off the drowsiness, and headed to the bathroom to freshen up. After splashing cold water on my face, I felt more present. More grounded.
I opened my bedroom door and made my way downstairs.
Halfway down the spiral staircase, I stopped.
There was a familiar silhoue
