SLOANE
My eyes felt like they weighed five thousand pounds as they cracked open. My body was screaming in pain at the small movement and a dull throbbing sensation was quickly gathering behind my eyes. My mouth felt parched, and my tongue a stone in its desert as I weakly moved my lips. My ears curled in on themselves as the beeping of machines assaulted them, and a shrill alarm went off. I tried to suck in a breath only to find I couldn’t and instead began to choke with such force that it bolted me upright; my body on fire with the sheer pain of the motion. Clawing at my throat and sputtering, I briefly saw Cade, running out of the room. A few moments later several nurses raced in.
“Ok honey, we are going to get this tube out” one said, her voice calm and eyes kind. “I need you to breat
