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Perhaps I never did before because somehow, I knew that I was waiting to say it to someone else.

“Okay…” Emily’s mouth twitches as she fights the urge to smile.

I know she knows what I’m about to say, but she’s waiting patiently for me to work up the courage.

“I lov?—”

Rustling sounds from behind me, but I’m not quick enough to react.

Emily’s eyes widen and for a split second, time seems to stop as her mouth opens in a silent scream.

“Emi—”

Pain explodes on the back of the head, and everything goes black.

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EMILY

I feellike I’ve been asleep for hours, though I’m far from rested.

My back hurts, and my muscles ache, though that might have something to do with the fact that I’m shivering so badly from the cold.

I didn’t drink that much wine last night, did I?

I know I’m not that much of a regular drinker, considering the fact that I’m still under age, but I thought that my few illegal nights out had allowed me to build up some sort of tolerance.

The pounding in my head suggests otherwise.

“Danil?” I try to sit up, but the slight movement has me flinching as pain shoots through my temples.

I’ve never had a migraine before, but maybe this is what is happening… Hangovers really are a bitch.

I abandon my attempt to sit up and lie back against the cold floor.

Floor?

Was I so drunk last night that I didn’t even make it to bed?

I try my best to open my eyes, but I must have slept in my makeup as the remnants of my mascara have caused my eyelids practically sealed shut, and my actual eyeballs feel itchy.

How is that even possible?

I’m usually religious about taking off my makeup. My mother terrified me as a teenager by telling me that I would go blind if I slept in my makeup, and I always made sure to wash my face before bed no matter how tired I was.

Maybe she was right all along because my eyes are definitely open now, but I can’t see a thing.

What is happening?

This is the hangover from hell.

My throat is desert-dry, and the lingering taste of alcohol in my mouth is disgusting.

I desperately need to brush my teeth and perhaps drink some electrolytes to try and get rid of this headache. I hope Danil has a well-stocked medicine cabinet, otherwise we’re going to be in for one hell of a rough ride…

“Danil?”

I desperately need some water. I’m severely dehydrated, which is probably only adding to my headache, but it’s just so damndark.

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