Chapter 51 Eight Dresses

• Kayla
• The sunlight streaming through the window gently washed across my cheek, nudging me awake.
• I cracked my eyes open and blinked, finding that my head felt surprisingly clear. No fever, no delirium, just an ache in my shoulder from sleeping. For the first time in what felt like days, my body wasn’t weighed down by illness. I stretched cautiously, half-expecting some lingering ache or weakness, but I felt surprisingly… better.