Chapter 31 The Return

Chapter 31 – The Return

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

The sound was the first thing she heard - slow, steady, almost human.

Then came the smell of antiseptic. White light. The hum of distant machinery.

Stephanie's eyelids fluttered open. The ceiling above her wasn't chrome or fractal - it was plaster, painted cream, lit by the cold flicker of fluorescent bulb