✦Dolly✦
Sleep didn’t come easily. In fact, I was still so hyped up that even lying on my bed didn’t help. I stared up at the ceiling and listened to my parents whisper about my safety while Elias paced around in his bedroom. It was clear that none of us could get any rest as Grayson had suggested. My mind was filled with thoughts of Riven, but for the most part, I tried to feel nothing. To think of nothing. Mostly in hopes that Malachar would leave me alone. A few hours had passed, and I probably had dozed off a bit because what woke me was a sharp pain in my injured hand. I fell off my bed in my haste to get up.
“What the actual…?” I muttered as I ripped off the bandage. The pain was overwhelming, and I curled in on myself as I cried out for help. Elias was the first one to make it to m
