KYLIE POV
I thought I was going to die.
For hours, maybe days, it felt like my body was sinking into darkness. My chest burned so hard that breathing was a hassle. Somewhere in that haze, I heard voices calling out to me. I heard my name, their worries and anger, but I couldn’t move, couldn’t do anything. I just sank deeper and deeper.
And then suddenly, a hand touched me. The hand of light. The hand that eased the pain, that pulled me from my darkness. The person who owned the hand had a singsong voice, a soft melody that carried into the night.
Esmeralda.
I gasped, opening my eyes, but the first person I saw was Ryan.
“It’s me,” he soothed, rubbing a hand gently over my brows.
“Don’t worry, you’ll be fine soon.”
At first, he was blurry. Everything was. I muttered some words abou
