Delia's pov
Waking up, I felt a little dizzy, but what was strange is that I was laying on a king-size bed, and the room was adorned with white flowers, the bedsheets white with pink floral designs. The soft sheets made me feel like I was laying on a feather.
"Mum…" I murmured, pressing my temples to calm my nerves. I sat up, observing the unfamiliar room. "Where am I?" I spoke before struggling to stand up, and immediately my leg touched the ground, I lost my balance only to hear the door open. I landed on a strong and comforting arm, and raising my eyes up, they locked with a pair of brown eyes. I kept staring, trying to process what was going on, and immediately I started to find the person who caught me somewhat familiar. He had thick eyebrows and a little sword cut scar that gave his second eyebrow a split, making him look like a warrior yet very attractive. And I remembered only one name…
"Sage?"
I whispered, and he nodded with a warm smile enough to torment me. How is it possible? What am I doing in Sage's territory? Am I dreaming, or am I going insane?
I couldn't help but question myself. I stared blankly at him, still unable to believe what was going on.
"Wife? Are you okay?" he questioned, almost making my soul leave my body.
Did he just call me his wife? My eyelids became very heavy, my head running with different thoughts and questions, and before I could think further, I fainted.
Waking up for the second time, I found myself on the bed, this time being covered by a blanket. When I turned right, I saw Sage sleeping peacefully beside me.
"What's going on?" I muttered under my breath as I took a closer look at him. He was exactly how Mabel Cline described him. And who is Mabel Cline? She's my favorite author, but the weird thing is, why am I here? And why is Sage calling me his wife?
If I can remember, Sage's wife died early after childbirth due to a strange illness caused by poison from the Black Sword Kingdom, which made Sage their sworn enemy and the villain in the novel. But first of all, why am I here?
Is this some kind of a joke?
Still lost in my thoughts, Sage opened his eyes, his brown orbs staring at me gently as he raised one hand to touch my head, causing me to flinch because I am not used to such gestures, especially from strangers.
"Are you okay?" he asked me. But I didn't reply to him. Instead, I continued staring at him like a clown. He let out a low, seductive chuckle and kissed my forehead, sending shivers to my spine.
"My little wife, are you suddenly mute?" he teased, a smile tugging at the side of his lips. I bit my lower lip, trying to think of what to say, but nothing came to my mind; the question I am dying to ask is how I got here, but I couldn't directly pinpoint how everything happened. Only what I could remember is that I had kidney failure in my previous life and I was laying in the hospital waiting for my death because my parents couldn't afford to pay for a kidney transplant.
My last action was holding the novel up close to my chest as I felt great pain and dizziness. I was crying hard, and before I lost consciousness I wished for a new and better life, but is this sort of a joke?
Am I in a dream or what? Because I've read countless transmigration novels, but they are only fiction, so what is happening? I am sure it's a dream, I concluded, then looked away, causing Sage to get down from the bed.
He walked to my side of the bed and placed his big, warm hand on my forehead. "Wife, you are burning hot," he said, worry etched on his face. "I'll go get you a doctor," he said and left, making me sigh in relief.
I sat up. This time I was not feeling dizzy, but I felt uncomfortable and a strange headache coming in. "Ah—" I muttered in pain as it worsened. I lay down quietly, bearing the pain. It's part of me because I am used to pain. I just need to wake up from this dream and go back to reality. Still in that thought, everywhere became still; my hand and body couldn't move, and before I could think of anything I saw a big screen appear and I began to see myself on the screen in the hospital how I held the novel close to my chest, how I felt dizzy and how I was crying. At that moment I remembered I was wishing for a new life, then I watched myself become immobile and the machine in the hospital started beeping. Doctors rushed in trying to save me, but nothing could be done, and immediately the machine maintained one sound and the doctors' faces were sad. A few minutes later they covered me with a white cloth, and this is where my parents came in crying and wailing. Watching this, I felt bad and began to cry with them. So I died in my previous life?
But how did I get here? I questioned myself, and immediately the screen changed to when I was being buried. My mum placed my favourite novel, "The Fall of the Black Sword Kingdom," in my casket, and I watched slowly how they laid me to mother earth. Inside the grave the book emitted a white light, and I saw someone strange staring at my grave from the build you could tell it's a young lady, but who is she?
I questioned myself, and everything became normal again. The sorrow my death and my parents' sadness struck me once more, making me start crying again. And while I was still in all that, the door opened and someone stepped in to my surprise.