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In His Arms

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River’s POV

The first thing I felt was weight.

Not on my body, no, it was deeper than that. Inside me. Like something heavy pressed down on my chest, too thick to breathe through. A weight that didn’t belong but wouldn’t leave, as if it had clawed its way in and decided to stay.

My eyelids fluttered open, slow and clumsy. The ceiling came into focus first, white but blurry, like someone had spilled water across a painting and the paint was melting down the walls. I blinked, but it didn’t get clearer.

My throat was dry. Sticky. My tongue felt like it had been coated in dust. My body weak, so weak, like I had been running for hours and finally collapsed at the finish line, but no one was there to hand me water or clap me on the back.

And then, I heard voices.

“River—hey, hey, can you hear me? Stay with me, okay?”

Noah, I wanted to say but my mouth felt heavy to talk.

His voice broke as he spoke. Rougher than usual, shaking around the edges. That wasn’t like him. He always had this calm,
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