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It felt like weeks had passed as I sat on my bed, my legs curled up underneath me. The blanket wrapped around my body was pulled tight, cocooning me in its warmth. Open books were spread out in front of me - pages and pages of words that seemed to just float straight through my memory. It was overwhelming.

In vain, I had hoped that by reading some of the books Alana had given me, I would have distracted myself from what had happened and all I had to think about. But the words and the drawings were boring and difficult to read, and none of it made any sense to me anyway. In any case, books were not going to help me when it came to Tynan.

I leant my head against the backboard of my bed, taking in a deep breath. My head thumped out a steady rhythm as a headache started to form behind my eyes from the strain of constant reading.

My world was unravelling, and fast. The others had sent me to my room, ordering that I stay there until someone came for me. I had brist