life. A pounding ache throbbed through her head, so severe that she felt her eyes bulge out from their sockets.
her life, in her surroundings, that she couldn't lay a finger on. unnatural. She couldn't feel her f
te walls, fluorescent lights overhead, and a beeping monitor by her side. The kind of bed she laid on was foreign, rigid. The uniform she was dressed in-a
en unconscious? What had happened? The questions hung in he
pen tucked in between. She was a beautiful lady with the kind of smile that could melt stone-soft, angelic, and comforting. She pl
ted, her voice cheerful and kind, he
her mind like a jolt of ice water. "What could that mean? When has my
esemblance was often called uncanny-same height, same complexion, even the same voice. Strangers often assumed they were sisters,
been quiet for a long time, staring blankly at
it will explode." Her eyes wandered suspiciously around the roo
quickly call the doctor. We have waited so long for you to open your eyes and you did, finally
rse's insistence unsettled her more than the pain
't been together recently. Not at all. There was no logical rea
she uttered with
on unreadable, and patted Ayla's hea
ed quickly, just as the nu
voice tender. "Your parents will be her
I checked, my parents were in the countryside. So how co
questions circled in her mind
oat flowing like a cape. A famous surgeon, his face had graced the internet a million times. That wa
," Mustafa said warmly, his voice as casual as if she were an
ou tell me how
of whatever drugs she had been given. Or maybe it was the surreal discom
politely, her voice firm, h
r seriously. He simply smiled, brushin
sensation?" he pressed on, leaning closer,
" she repl
, then slowly nodded. "Okay, I see. Feel free to report
n here?" Ayla asked.
more on the IV drip. His countenance remained unchanged
she repeated, her eye
was everyone mistaking her for Defne? Could it be that Defne w
he doctor said, clearly relieved to have
e door. The knob twisted,
striking, and almost ethereal in presence.
y froze
y parents. They are Defne's," she
afa didn'
polite smile to the newcomers. After exchanging brief pl
left alone with the demigods