*~Hazel's POV~*
I felt something I hadn't felt before.
An unfamiliar feeling stirred inside me, dragging me from sleep. My eyes fluttered open slowly, and the room welcomed me with a breeze that hadn't been there before.
A gust of wind… and a scent.
The smell had changed.
It wasn't the usual warmth of Caspian's cologne that lingered in my space like comfort. No, this was something more
Strong and smelled like forest trees
I sat up, my sheets pooling around my waist. My heart was already racing before I even saw it—the picture frame next to me on the bed. Ariel must have left it.
It was her. My mother.
I reached out with trembling fingers, brushing the glass surface like it could somehow let me touch her. See her again. Even just once. Hold her hand. Know what it feels like to have a mother.
My chest tightened.
Then, a wave of dizziness hit me hard. I grabbed my head, blinking fast.
