Chapter-19: Failure

Alice's POV:

My body was in so much pain, it felt like someone was cutting my flesh off bit by bit. While my chest was so tight as if there was a black hole inside it, sucking my heart in and shredding it to pieces. I could sense my soul wilt away with every passing second. It felt like an eternity before the agony I was going through started to lessen and a foreign sensation started to take over my body. My aching body started to numb and I could feel the life coming back to me. I was more alive than ever.

My fingers twitched and I started regaining control over my limbs fast. My eyes felt heavy but I forced them to open. I had enough of this darkness. It weighed on my heart. During all this pain, I always felt warmth. It told me that someone was waiting for me to come out of this darkness. Now all I wanted was to tear apart this darkness and reach out to the light.

As my eyes opened, my senses came back to me. Brown hair filled my vision. T