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Chapter Twenty-One

Mia

So I knew it the moment this new medicine went into my veins It burned It felt different and I was i in a sea of weird deliriuht--successfully, thanks to the anti-nausea medication I was on--to keep down ressed later, it probably would have been better if I’d not fought to suppress that reaction while I was in the hospital under the watchful eyes of the nurses and doctors

Because that night, I was in hell

Adaht to bed on the first day of a round I would be good for nothing but sleep and sickness for at least twenty-four hours, usually e to vo it to the toilet on time, the sickness overca and peeing my pants at the same time My body convulsed over and over It felt as if every one of le inch of ainst the poison h my veins

I wanted to die

And no, it wasn’t a joke I really, really wanted to die rather than endure this

The craziest part was that I didn’t hit the eency button on the bathroom remote I must have been mental or too damn fiercely independent, because in e to call Adam for help

Not until I was half passed out on the floor By that time, when I went to reach for the intercoy to lift my ar fro after there were any contents inside to ee blue spots in es indicated with only a split-second warning that I was about to black out

Chapter Twenty-Two

Adaularly after a new round Because when I found her unconscious on the bathroo she’d been there

"Fuck!" I said, kneeling beside her, pulling her into my arms "Mia… Mia…" I jostled her and she i under her breath that I couldn’t understand

"Sorry…so sorry Should have told you…" she whispered

"Are you okay? What the hell happened?"

She was shivering "S-s-s-sssso cold"

"Coainst ht her She was scaring the hell out of me