Back to reality

Electra's POV

As soon as I ended the call with Seraphina, I dropped my phone back on the bathroom counter, my fingers trembling slightly as I exhaled a shaky breath. I leaned forward, gripping the edges of the sink, and forced myself to look at my reflection in the mirror.

My eyes were bloodshot, swollen from all the crying I had done over the last half hour. The dark circles beneath them made me look exhausted—broken.

It was a sight I wasn't used to seeing. I wasn't someone who cried often, but tonight had been different. Everything I had seen, everything I had experienced in that strange, twisted version of reality, had caught up with me the moment I had opened my eyes in my own bed.

And so, I had cried.

I had cried for my mother. My real mother, who I had the pleasure of seeing for the first time ever. Despite how furious I was at the universe for throwing me around, I was thankful that I had the chance to meet my mother.