Seraphina's POV
I woke up with a jolt, though it felt like my body hadn't fully caught up with my mind. The sharp pain in my head was unlike anything I'd ever felt before—like someone had taken a hot poker and driven it straight through my skull. Every attempt to move was met with resistance, as if my limbs were weighed down by invisible chains, and the effort alone made my head throb even more.
I groaned, my throat dry and scratchy, the sound more like a croak than anything human. My body felt foreign, as though it belonged to someone else, and I couldn't decide if the heat I was feeling was external or burning me from within.
Taking a shaky breath, I tried to calm myself. 'It's just a hangover,' I thought, though even thinking hurt.
I've never really been drunk before, but I had seen enough movies to know that this was what a horrible morning after felt like.