Everly’s POV
I could hear beeping. It was a relatively quiet sound and yet it seemed to echo loudly in my ears.
I could hear voices. Soft. Quiet. Whispering. I couldn’t make out anything they were saying, much less who they belonged to.
I could smell disinfectant and something sweet, but I couldn’t identify what that was.
I tasted blood in my mouth.
But the one sense that came back quicker than the others, was pain. My chest hurt. My throat burned. Every breath I took felt like I was breathing fire. My body felt weak and heavy. I couldn’t remember if I’d ever been in this much pain from a wound before. I was gritting my teeth to the point my jaw was throbbing. My whole body felt so hot I was sure that the bed I was lying in was drenched in sweat.
The pain was unbearable. So much so t
