"Evelyn? Evelyn, are you awake?"The urgent calls, accompanied by a firm knock on the door, jolted Evelyn out of her dark nightmare.Evelyn snapped awake, sitting up gasping on the bed, her chest heaving as two gusts of cold air flooded into her lungs with a sharp sting. Cold sweat poured off her like rain, thoroughly soaking the back of her shirt. Instinctively, she wrapped both hands tightly around her lower abdomen, digging her nails into her flesh.Flat. Empty. There was no flesh-tearing pain, nor was there any terrifying, warm blood flowing out.With her head spinning, Evelyn staggered off the bed and rushed straight into the attached bathroom of her bedroom. Her legs felt weak as she gripped the edge of the sink, unsteadily looking up at the large mirror in front of her.Reflected in the glass was a young face, full of the youthful vitality of a twenty-two-year-old, with smooth skin bearing no signs of injury. She frantically felt and pressed around her flat stomach, then look d
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