Elena POV
Inhale.
Exhale.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Something heavy surged in my chest as I shifted back and realized that the breathing exercise wasn’t working. My heart started pounding fiercely against my ribs as if it couldn’t wait to get out.
It definitely wasn’t fear burning in my veins as I forced myself to breathe through my nose, even as mind numbing pain travelled from my chest, to my arms, to my spine.
I licked my dry lips. No, It wasn’t fear. I couldn’t allow fear come into my mind, not right now when it felt like waved were crashing against my ears.
I would be fine in a little bit, as soon as I got to eat something.
But a shower first probably wouldn’t hurt. I could smell the saltiness from the sweat that had gathered on my skin.
I got up to go to the bathroom only to end up c
