Zach..    The room was suffocatingly hot, but the heat wasn’t from the weather, it was from me. Sweat poured down my face in steady streams, soaking my shirt and dripping onto the floor.     My body felt like it was on fire, and no amount of gritting my teeth could stop the pained groans that escaped me. Every nerve in my body screamed, and more so, it hurt that I couldn’t control it.    “Zach, calm down!” Jack’s voice cut through my haze, edged with concern. I could see blurry his figure above mine, his hand pressed against my shoulder, trying to steady me as I writhed on the couch from the pain and torture that was pounding through my body.    “I can’t, Jack, it hurts!” I yelled, squeezing my eyes shut. My breathing came in ragged gasps as if the very air was turning to flames inside my chest. It might as well be, I might as well have been transforming to a fire breathing dragon.    The door opened, and I could tell from the scent that Leah had just strode in, her face a stor
 Last Updated : 2025-10-04
Last Updated : 2025-10-04