Elena’s POV
I woke to an intense pain in my chest.
It was greater than any pain I’d felt before—greater, even, than the pain I’d felt when I had experienced death for the first time. It burned through me like a wildfire raging behind my ribs, spreading outward to every muscle and tissue and sinew.
I gasped, pressing my hand to my chest, but the contact only made the pain worse. I heard Tyler’s voice in the distance, but I couldn’t make out the words. I could only feel the pain.
When the first wave finally subsided, I finally managed to crack my eyes open with a groan. I found a familiar face hovering over me—the healer… Jayne, I think her name was? My head felt so fuzzy, and I couldn’t seem to recall how I had wound up here.
The last thing I remembered was… I couldn’t even recall. I s
