ELENAMy eyes snapped open. The bright, sharp white light of the hospital room cut straight into my head, making my eyes burn. I sat up fast, my heart knocking hard against my ribs like it was trying to break out of my chest.There was a massive metal bed plugged into the wall. Sebastian was lying there.His face was completely white, almost the same color as the sheets, but his chest was moving up and down in a slow, steady line. He was breathing. He was alive."Hey. Easy, El. Don't jump up like that."I whipped my head around. Maya was sitting on a low metal stool by the window. She was holding a paper cup of coffee so tightly the cardboard was bending in her fingers. She looked totally wrecked. The skin under her eyes was dark purple, and her hair was a messy knot on top of her head."Where is he?" I choked out. My throat felt like it was full of dry sand, the words scraping against my tongue. I pulled the blanket off my legs, my eyes frantically darting around the empty corners of
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