Humming birds, morning breeze, and gentle strokes in her hair. Christel let out a low groan as she tried to open her painful eyes. She couldn’t remember the last thing that had happened, but the dryness of her throat was enough for her to realize she’d been asleep more than a few hours.
She blinked her sleep away and tried to adjust her blurry vision until she met a pair of evergreen eyes staring at her in a relieved way.
“Hey…” Kurt uttered in a weak tone before he held her hand and gently squeezed it.
Christel swallowed to ease the dryness of her throat before she stared at Kurt for a few seconds. She immediately noticed the dark blue lines illuminating under Kurt’s now alabaster skin. There were dark circles under his eyes, and his lips were as pale as his skin.
“W—What’s wrong wit
