A million rocks. That's what it felt like.
I raised my hand to touch my pounding head but I pulled it back when my fingers graze a soft material instead of skin.
"You're awake" a voice announced.
A shiver runs down my spine and I could feel my body relax and tense up at the same time.
"How are you feeling?" He asks in a cautious tone. I try to speak but my throat felt like sandpaper.
I could hear water filling a glass cup "here" he hands me the cup and I take it.....or try to.
He chuckles "you know....you could look at the glass before touching it." I felt the bed shift under his weight " Open your eyes Isla"
He sighed, reaching out to touch my arm but I flinched back.
The hair on my arm became prickly but my eyes remained shut.
I felt the bed shift again and then he stood up, ta
