Chapter 27 : Worlds Collided

Samuel

They won't stop talking. No matter how much I try to get myself into a shell, I can still hear, those muffled words filled with disgust and degradation. The sound of laughter.

"Look who's here"

"Samuel Vance, how are you still allowed in here?"

"Assholes like you should rot in hell"

"Why aren't you still kicked out?"

"Genes speak!"

"Shame on you!"

I'm screaming but I can't hear my voice. I can only feel my body getting colder and shivering. I want to shut down. I want to push myself to a place where I don't hear those voices anymore.

The lights— the damn lights shudder me from the core as I throw my hand over my eyes to get rid of them. It scares me to death. I can't breathe or even move.

The voices keep howling around me. I think I'll die. Fuck! I'm dying. My lungs are exploding from the lack of air as I gasp.

"Samuel!" among those voices I hear her.

The next moment, two soft warm palms rest on my cheeks. Cold shivers jolt through my body, making my heart beat faster agai