"Aiden Hawk! How could you let this happen? You were supposed to take care of her, not stress her to the point of fainting! What have you been doing? Why did this happen? Did you not feed her well? How can she..."
Serena slowly regained consciousness, but even in the fog of unconsciousness, her mind had struggled to piece together fragments of memories. The sound of Grandma scolding Aiden was like music to her ears—not because it was directed at Aiden, but because it made her feel safe, almost warm. It was comforting to know that someone cared for her. If only she'd had someone like that when she first woke up in the hospital... It was a feeling she hadn't experienced in a long time, not since she had woken up alone in that sterile hospital room, with someone plotting to kill her.
She looked around slowly and realized she was in her room. She opened her mouth to ask something, but before she could make a sound, Grandma seemed to notice that she had woken up.
