Her eyes felt heavy, her system was begging for sleep, but it just wouldn’t. She finally closed them, only to open them back up again. 1:00 AM She blinked once more. 2:34 AM Leila kept staring at the ceiling, long enough for her to trap herself in her conscience. Aibek would always rant to me about his powers, that’s why he turned. The other side provided him a better use of it. What right do I have to wish him dead? He’s just one of us, another snake. Plus, hasn’t he had it worse than me? He still remembers everything before all this. He remembers how his mother disappeared, he remembers how his father died. Dolores told me be considerate with him, but did I listen? NO. I was too trapped in my own head thinking that he thought I was a weird and that I should keep my nose in my own

