"Lilith is lying! She nearly killed you. I was saving you, and then..."
"Shut up!" Avery slapped me. "Don’t try to justify yourself!"
"No matter what schemes you’re playing, I, Avery, will never forgive you!"
"I... I..."
Avery’s voice lingered in my ears like an incantation.
I struggled in pain, suddenly sitting up from the bed.
Looking around at the completely different hospital room and bed, I slowly began to wake up.
It was a dream about my past life.
The excruciating pain in my hands was still there, but this time, it wasn’t in my palms. It was the knife wound and burn on my arms.
Ding dong!
A special notification alert went off, and I immediately opened my phone. Before I could even read what the message said, I impulsively typed and sent a reply.
[Me: I had a nightmare. Wh
