Chapter 26

Mia's POV

I woke to moonlight streaming in through a wide open door. I sat up groggily and looked around. The room was unfamiliar, and didn't look at all like a temple. Unconsciously, I heaved a sigh of relief.

Now that the danger was last, I realised I wasn't quite as prepared to come under the knife as I had thought. Looking at the situation from eyes clear of danger, death under claws and death under a knife seemed awfully similar.

As the tension I woke with seeped out of my bones, I realized I had the mother of migraines. Holding my head in both hands, I fell back on the sinfully soft bed. Normally, I would have wondered which kind of bed was it that was so soft, but my head threatened to split at even the slightest thoughts.

Closing my eyes, I took deep breaths and tried to lessen the pain as far as I could. When a shadow fell across me, I opened my eyes. The woman that had saved me from the bear walked in. She was carrying a tray full of dishes.

She set the tray on a small st