If he had to open his eyes and comment on how he was feeling right now, he’d straight-up say his whole body ached like hell. His head too. And every time he cracked his eyes open, the dizziness hit him like a truck. So yeah, he decided to just keep them shut and do absolutely nothing. He knew, though—he was in a hospital. People had been pacing in and out of his room for a while now, checking on him, whispering to each other like he wasn’t even there. He had no clue what they were mumbling about, but after what felt like forever, he finally picked up on a voice he knew. It’s Sophia. At first, she was yelling—loud and sharp, a sound that yanked him right back into the past. But then her voice dropped to a whisper, which only made him more curious. If Sophia was here, talking to these pe

