CHAPTER THIRTEEN
PRIYAA blinding white light flashes in the sky like a shooting star as pain radiates through my body from head to toe. I scream out loud. The realization that I’m alive registers in my brain. Frantically, my eyes flutter open but all I see is black. Panicked, I try to sit up but my body slams back down to the metal table beneath me. Again, I try. Resistance.
Breathing in then exhaling loudly, I try to calm myself but wince as a sharp pain runs through my left side. The world feels like it’s closing in on me as I violently start to shake my body, attempting to break free from whatever it is holding me down.
“Priya, you’re awake. Thank goodness,” says a familiar voice.
“Dr.—” My voice is hoarse and weak. It’s as if I haven’t had water in weeks.
“Shh, my sweet girl, it’
