My eyelids heaved, my chest still felt cold and strange. My gaze drifted to the two blue eyes that were staring right at me. Issac’s face flushed at the sight of me finally awake.
“How did you feel?” Issac ran his fingertips over the fallen strand on my face.
“How did I get here?” I looked around my temporary home.
“I took care of you. You haven’t told me how you feel?” Issac’s forehead was etched with a few lines of concern.
The clothes around my body, the warm blanket, and Issac’s embrace felt like paradise. The only plus was that I wasn’t shivering from the cold, but the pain in my chest still wasn’t going anywhere. After this little adventure, it will take time to recover. It’s not every day you get strangled with a magic necklace, right?
“It looks like there’s still water in
