stroke to sleep

Reina’s POV

I could identify the voice wherever it was that I was, and I didn't need a soothsayer to tell me who exactly it was.

“ Nina” I was with Richard, who had insisted on coming with me even though he couldn't walk properly yet.

“ Is everything okay? You look rattled, and your eyes look dark, is everything okay?”

She took a step closer. “ I know that I shouldn't have come here now, maybe it isn't just the right timing, but I had to come to you”

“ Okay” If it was pretty urgent, then she could say whatever it was that she intended to say.

“ Jackson…. Jackson somehow managed to break out of his cell and his whereabouts are not known by anyone “

The first thing I had was a bell chiming before it declined. “ You said what?”

Fuck it, I had heard it perfectly the first time, but here I was hoping that maybe it was just an imagination, and it would go away soon.

“ Jackson escaped,” Richard uttered before cursing loudly. “ What exactly would he do that for? And now, when my legs stil