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It’s Ryland’s voice He doesn’t sound like a robot anymore He sounds terrified And so far away

Just like that night, their voices are fading away into nothingness, sinking into an ocean of blackness My chest hurts My hand tingles I try to ht hand, but I can’t

“She’s having a flashback or soht We’re here”

I can feel Marcus’s voice, but I can barely hear it

For several rappled with vicious panic attacks and flashbacks that see me under But it’s been over a year since I’ve had one Since I’ve lost myself like this Since the darkness has sed me whole

I’ picked up, lifted into the air and carried down a hallway, and then I’m laid down on my back in a dark room

Marcus’s face hovers above mine, framed on either side by Theo’s and Ryland’s

Just like that night Just like in my dreams

In my drea pleasure and pain, death and life Into claim me

To not let death take me

I’ll never let you go

I’ht Because a part of me did die, no matter howI felt it happen When the three faces aboveaway into the darkness, part of me died

I don’t want to die again

I want to live I want them to save me

Delirious, trapped bethat’s real and what’s not, I reach for Marcus, wrapping ainst his His eyes flare wide, and I feel hi to the feel of my body instantly