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I lost my grip on the wall and fell into darkness.
Chapter 31
HEARTS ARE COMPLICATED
Voices penetrated my fevered darkness.
“She should be dead.”
“She still might die.”
“I can save her.”
Araz?
“You want to? After everything?” This one was Pashim.
“I have to.”
“Good, then while you do that, I’ll find out who the fuck tried to kill her.”
I slipped back under, into the sauna where I couldn’t breathe, where everything hurt.
“I’m here,” Blue said. “I’m with you, chickadee. You can do this. Fight it.”
Fight what?I wanted to say, but mymouth was gone.
I hurt.
Darkness swallowed the pain.
“Drink this.”
Something cool touched my lips. Water. Drenching my parched throat. Calming the fire.
“Good. A little more.”
Araz? Was this a dream? Were my eyes open? Why couldn’t I see?
A hand on my brow, soothing. “Hush. Don’t cry. I’m here.”
Fire in my blood again.
Please make it stop. It hurts. Please.
“I know, I know. Just a little longer.”
I was trapped in hell. The only reprieve was his voice and cool water. I couldn’t see, but I felt him around me. Holding me.
It was a dream.
I was dead.
This was death.
I fell.
“You did,” Blue said. “But Araz saved you. You were poisoned. But he’s burning it out of you.”
