Chapter 5

I felt like I was floating in darkness. Am I dead? I thought to myself as I tried to move my fingers.

"Lindsey, are you awake?"

I heard someone calling me, so I opened my eyes.

I closed them immediately as the bright fluorescent light assaulted my eyes.

I felt someone touching my forehead, brushing away some strands of hair. Their fingers felt warm and comforting, and it made me sleepy again. "Come back to me, Lindsey," a deep voice spoke, so I snapped my eyes open again.

I squinted to take a good look at the figure looming over my face. It was a man.

"Adrian?" I whispered, but my vision was already starting to clear. "Oh, it's you," I whispered.

Alvis smiled. "Don't look so disappointed."

"Where am I?" I tried to get up but groaned as I felt pain in my stomach.

"Don't get up. You need to rest," Alvis scolded me.

Wait, why was he here?

I suddenly remembered bits and pieces of what happened last night, and my heart plunged to my throat. My hands moved on their own as they tou