Chapter 66

Liam

I heard screaming. However, it sounded as though it was under bubbling, hot, steaming water. Intense vertigo spun in and out, making me feel much like Alice falling down the rabbit hole. It made me want to puke, but I was in too much pain to give into the urge.

I tried to grab onto Lucian as I tumbled headfirst into the abyss. I couldn’t feel him. All I could sense was hot, burning pain searing through my stomach and over my body. My body wanted to shift, and I couldn’t figure out why this shift was so painful, but worse than that, I didn’t understand why I couldn’t reach Lucian.

I tried to breathe through the pain, but red lava poured into my throat and closed off my airway. It filled my lungs until there wasn’t any room. It spewed out of my lungs like a geyser and into my heart, which pumped it into the rest of my limbs before it solidified like concrete. Everything was heavy. I couldn’t lift my arms. I couldn’t even open my eyes.

Honeysuckle and pear. I could smell Clementi