Chapter 20

It was a dream all over again. The hospital lights blinding her eyes and the smell of disinfectant defiling her nose. She twitched, noticing that it was somewhere warm this time and not cold and alone like the other time she had woken up in the hospital.

She willed her eyes to open but they were so heavy and her voice so dry. She counted stars, wishing someone would hear her thoughts and know that she was here and alive.

She twitched her fingers and the warmth around them increased, she smiled. This meant that whoever it was had been there for her, not letting her be alone.

After what seemed like an eternity she finally opened her eyes, blinking severally when the hospital lights burned them.

Suddenly someone was in her view, Damien. His head was wrapped with a bandage but he was alive and that was all that mattered to her. she smiled or at least she tried to. He engulfed her in a hug careful not to hurt her.

“I was going to lose my mind if you didn’t wake up