I, Abducted by the System

Summary

I woke up in a hospital, staring at a handsome stranger.

He was rattling on about something, a stream of words that made no sense.

My mind was a fog.

It wasn't until he said we'd have to postpone getting the license that my brain finally clicked back online.

"What license?" I asked, my voice raspy.

"The marriage license, Nora. Did you hit your head that hard?"

He reached out to touch my forehead, the gesture unnervingly natural.

Was he kidding me?

I was a girl fresh out of high school, basking in the glory of my college acceptance letters. I wasn't even old enough to legally marry.