I woke up to the sound of beeping machines. A dull ache throbbed in my head and a strange burning over just under my skin. My eyes fluttered open, blinking a few times, as they struggled to adjust to the bright light. Disoriented, I tried to sit up, but pain shot through my body, forcing me to lay back down. Panic rushed in. Why as I in the hospital? I turned my head slowly, and saw Zan in the bed next to me, with my brothers sleeping in between us on cot, while, to my surprise, Emmet slept on another cot on the other side of her bed.
Zan was tangled in wires and tubes, eyes closed, but her face was peaceful, and memories flooded back in a chaotic rush.
FLASHBACK.
We had been running in the woods. The air fresh, the sun shining down on us. Zora had been playfully snapping at West's tai
