CHAPTER 108: NASTY PIECE OF GUM

SERAPHINA’S POV

My eyes flutter open sometime in the night, observing the ceiling in front of me.

I turn, trying to get a sense of my surroundings. Through the window, it's still dark out, making it hard to tell if it’s very late or very early.

A movement to the left catches my attention. It's Olivia, quietly rolling up the rug in the room.

Weird.

Attempting to sit up, a sharp pain hits my head, and I groan, drawing her attention. Her hurried footsteps approach, and I feel her warm hands checking the top of my head.

“Are you okay?” She asks, sounding worried.

Why? I was just sleeping. Yet there’s an itch in my mind, a sensation of forgetting something important.

Unconsciously, my eyes move to the floor, and the sight of thick red liquid triggers a barrage of fragmented memories.

Most of them seem incomplete.

I remember that Artemis was here, and we were talking. I remember things got hot at some point, really hot. The feel of his skin on mine was electric. Our bodies felt like two