WARNING: This chapter may be triggering. Reader discretion is advised. PAT It started low in my stomach and spread outward, a deep and grinding pain that made me curl onto the couch in the living room, my knees drawn up, my phone clutched against my chest like a lifeline. I thought about calling Celeste. I thought about it so hard my thumb hovered over her name, and then I let the phone fall because I had already made my choice and I was going to see it through. Then the fever came, and with it a cold that sank into my bones. I was burning and freezing at the same time, shivering so hard my teeth chattered, and my throat was so dry I could barely swallow. I wanted warm water. I wanted the thick fur coat buried in the back of my closet. I forced myself off the couch and took a few steps toward the kitchen, and that was when my hands began to tremble, and a cold sweat broke across my skin, and my vision blurred at the edges until the room swam. My heart pounded so hard I could hear
Última actualización : 2026-08-14 Leer más