Chapter 15

Adelaide

"Momma?"

The murmur of voices filled my ears. I couldn't make out their words or even if they were talking to me. I didn't want to care. I wanted to go back to my memories, thoughts of him, thoughts I hadn't allowed myself to entertain for years. Oren was calling to me, but so was she.

My baby.

My daughter.

My Alexandria.

Was she a dream? A memory?

They were all mixing together. It was difficult to keep them straight.

"Adelaide."

"She doesn't know...We've tried...She was fighting..."

The murmurs continued as I tried to reason. The bed where I lay was different. I wasn't in my room—our room. And then I remembered.

The unfamiliar room.

The man.

The bracelet.

My eyelids fought to blink, to move.

Was I still wearing the bracelet? I thought I was, but everything was detached. Even my Alexandria's voice.

"Momma, can you hear me?"