Chapter One Hundred & Twelve

~ Zora

I heard those familiar sounds again.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

I opened my eyes and found that my eyelids were too heavy. My head ached and I had the worst bitter taste in my mouth but the air was rich with the smell of flowers.

Lots of it.

Looking around I quickly learned that I was in a hospital room but it was filled with flowers of different kinds, most of which were tulips and roses of different colors.

I tried to recollect how I got here. For a start, the first memory that came to me was my first meeting with Mabel after which I woke up in hospice care.

But I knew something else happened after that.

"Zora?" Someone with a voice of honey called my name. A voice I had been waiting to hear for a while now.

Moving my head to the side, my gaze landed on two stormy eyes.

"Nox?" I said or rather tried to say but my voice came out dry and scratchy. A pinch at the back of my throat and I began to cough. In an instant, Nox poured me some water and lifted my head off so I could sip some.