Chapter 132

EMILY

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“Harry wants to see you,” Nila said.

“Let him in,” I said, sitting up in my bed.

I don’t know how but I managed to sleep. I think it was because I had forced myself so Nila wouldn’t have to stay watching over me. She was already doing so much for me and I didn’t want her to have to lack sleep because of me. I had fallen into a dreamless sleep and it was just as well because I was afraid of what I would have dreamt if it was otherwise. I had just woken up.

The worst had happened and yet here I was. In some weird way, I was still going. The world was still spinning and I was still alive to see it. My heart was still beating in my chest. I didn’t feel