Avery's POV Hot, burning pain rippled through my entire body once I found myself waking up. Nope if this is what I'm going to feel then take me back to where I was just at...please? As I moved a hand up, I could not help feeling warmth cover in its warm embrace. Once the tips of my fingers connected with my talisman my body, even though everything was still aching, it relaxed. I felt at home when I held this thing in my hands, even my mother's perfume filtered the room I was in, but I knew it was just my inner self praying for a different outcome when I opened my eyes again. I jumped almost out of my skin as someone sat beside me on the bed; I winced once I registered that action made everything hurt more. No sudden movements, Avery. I told myself in my head. My chest tightened because

