Pulsating Shoulder Blade Pain Novels & Stories

🫶 LEXI 🫶 A sharp, burning pain exploded through my left shoulder. "Ahhh!" I cried out and collapsed onto my knees, clutching the spot as though something had pierced straight through me. It hurt. It hurt so much. My breathing became ragged as wave after wave of agony shot through my body. "W-Why...?" My fingers dug into my shoulder. There was no wound. No blood either. Then why did it feel like I'd been struck? My eyes lifted to look at him.

I buried my fingers into the long strands, still slightly damp from the pool water, running my fingertips over her scalp in slow, repetitive, and controlled movements. Every time I flexed my right arm to stroke her hair, the muscle of my left shoulder pulled at the new stitches, bringing a cutting burn that throbbed to the base of my neck. I felt the active physical pain with every passing second, but I didn't shift my position. I didn't pull away a single inch. In the silence of the room, the sound of the heart rate monitor I had been tracking at the port seemed to be replaced by the accelerated rhythm of my own chest. My heart beat fast, hard against my ribs—an involuntary biological react