fe. A pounding ache throbbed through her head, so severe that she felt her eyes bulge out from their sockets. Her

r life, in her surroundings, that she couldn't lay a finger on. Something unnatural. She couldn't feel h

ite walls, fluorescent lights overhead, a beeping monitor by her side. The kind of bed she laid on was foreign, rigid. The uniform she was dressed in-a pa

en unconscious? What had happened? The questions hung in her

pen tucked in between. She was a beautiful lady with the kind of smile that could melt stone-soft, angelic, and comforting. She p

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 t

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

n't been together recently. Not at all. There was no logical re

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

coat flowing like a cape. A famous surgeon, his face had graced the internet a million times. That w

," 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.

e more on the IV drip. His countenance remained unchange

she repeated, her eye

was everyone mistaking her for Defne? Could it be that Defne wa

he doctor said, clearly relieved to have

e door. The knob twisted,

striking, and almost ethereal in presence

y froze

parents. They are Defne's," she m

afa didn'

polite smile to the newcomers. After exchanging brief pl

left alone-with the demigods