AIDAN
When I peeled my eyes open, it didn’t feel like it normally did when I woke up from my sleep. I would usually be wide awake within the first few seconds because my slumbers were usually pretty shitty.
This time, it felt like I’d been asleep for so long, but I still felt weak to my bones regardless.
I struggled to remember where I was and how I fell asleep there, and the memories hit me like a moving truck.
Collin.
The challenge.
Me winning.
And me dying.
Shit.
But if my eyeballs could dart left and right like they were doing right now and I could remember all of these details, it meant that I had survived Collin’s attack.
And that also meant that…
“Welcome back to the land of the living, man.”
It was Jace who spoke, cutting me off from my thoughts.
I turned my head to fa
