Chapter 75: Take away my pain

~Wren~

Sebastian’s chest vibrates against my cheek as he hums the song my father used to sing to me when I was a little girl crying for my mommy at night. It’s been so long since I’ve heard it sung in a male voice, only ever singing it or humming it to myself. Seb’s gravelly voice rasps out the lullaby’s last lines, and I sit still, trying to understand how he can possibly know it.

“How do you know that song?” I ask him, wincing as I sit up too fast.

Alden did a number on my internal organs with his creepy as shit finger puncturing. My external wounds will be the last thing to heal as my body focuses fully on healing my more severe injuries, like my holey stomach and intestines. Okay, they didn’t give me specifics of which organs Alden hit. But based on the pain and the location, I’m making a semi-educated guess.

“You don’t remember singing it to me?” He asks.

I wish I could see his face in the darkness of the room, but whether it is still nighttime or the light-blocking shades are