Chapter 90

The first thing I feel is the pounding of my head. Then the soreness in my left side. Then the tightness in my throat. Even with my eyes closed, I can see the fluorescent lights through my eyelids and I immediately know where I am. The semi-rough bedsheets underneath me are the same bedsheets as the ones in the pack house infirmary. I find myself in this room more often than I should- once after the vampire attack, then when I woke up from the nightmare spell, and now I find myself here again. The circumstances that brought me here are clear as day in my mind. I remember the blood, Eli's lifeless eyes staring at the ceiling, Grayson's pleas that I be spared. My eyes flutter open as I try to gauge my surroundings. I immediately see my mother and Evie sleeping together in the bed next to mine- it seems another bed was added just so they could stay with me. The two of them are snuggling close to one another, Mom's arms wrapped tightly around Evie's frame as if she's going to disappear. I