Chapter 100 Fractured Glass

• The slow beep of the heart monitor filled the hospital room, each sound heavy in the silence. Zara’s eyes opened slowly, blinking against the light. Her vision was fuzzy at first, then sharpened as she spotted the tall man standing near her bed, looking tense and worried.
• Leo froze the second her gaze met his. He had pictured this moment so many times her soft smile, the quiet "you’re here" that would bring them back together. But instead, her eyebrows pulled together in confusion.
• “Who… are you?” she asked softly.