Lauren woke up with her head throbbing a bit. She blinked twice before she could see the ceiling above her clearly. With her body lying comfortably in the bed, she felt her wounds weren't as painful as she remembered.
Turning her head to her left side, she saw Alec sitting on a chair beside the bed with his legs crossed and staring at her intently as if he had been in that position for a while now.
"The royal physicians said you would wake up an hour later but it took you two hours to regain consciousness. I think I should replace them with better ones once I become the king."
Lauren recalled that she was inside the mirror and was freezing to death in a wooden house, and how she felt someone's arms around her before she was swallowed by darkness. She realized she was still lucky to be saved, but she wondered how Alec was able to save her.
In a weak voice, she asked, "How did you find me?"
"Because I'm smart."
"Did you go inside the mirror?"
