They stayed in the room talking for hours. I stopped listening to them, letting the spirits inside of me take over. With every passing hour, I could feel myself drifting further and further away, dying from the inside out. The pain was unbearable, but I was too weak to care about it. All I wanted to do was sleep, but no matter how hard I tried, it never happened.
Seb left after a while. I don't know how long he was gone for, but when he returned, he came with books for Pearl, who sat on a chair in the corner across from me, reading through them all. I wanted to tell her there was no point in trying because no matter what she did, she wouldn't be able to help me. Well, at least that's what the spirits inside of me said anyway. Apart of me wanted to believe that they were lying, trying to m
