Aren:
I don't want to open my eyes. I don't want to know but there's a tube going down my throat and another in my nose. I can move but it hurts too much to try.
Please. Please, don't destroy my life now. Don't bring it all down now. I've been an unfaithful patron of your people. I have done many things to deserve my death hundreds of times over but not him- or her. Whatever it is that is growing inside of me. It has done nothing to deserve your wrath upon it.
My prayer goes unanswered and I am left with the silence of my own deceitful thoughts. There's only one person in the room on my left side. It smells like my blood and cleaning liquids. Bleach, lavender, and pine.
Shane? I called out to him through our bond there's something wrong with the way my voice echoed in my head.
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