Chapter Nineteen

Groaning against the hues of the bright sunlight, I opened my eyes, blinking away the tears that formed. Once the blurriness cleared away, I found myself staring up at the ceiling. My mind seemed to be in a peaceful state of no thoughts and worries, simply blank, letting me enjoy the tranquility around me.

But I always did the mistake of wondering, thinking, letting myself remember what had happened. I sighed as everything came forward, to the front of my mind, and the once peaceful state, now turned into a torment and pain.

And as a foolish naïve little girl, I wished for it to be a dream. I wished to be away from this world, and back home. The numbing pain that ran through my leg only brought reality to crash down on me, leaving me no room for wishing.. just a false hope.

As much as I wanted to leave this at once, I knew I have gotten myself deep into whatever voodoo nonsense this was. And if that Venturi was part of it, I had no choice but to f