-Arya- "Who are you? Where am I?" She sounded weak and desperate and disoriented. Was she really here? Inside my head? "What is-- why--" My heart hitched. My breath turned choppy. Did I hear it or this was simply my subconscious making me feel good by giving me something I had always wanted? Was I just hallucinating because of the pain in my body? "Are you in there?" I thought in my head, my fingers digging into the wooden chair. My heart was thrashing. I didn't know what to even do right now. If she really was there, what was I supposed to do with this? I hadn't shifted, and I knew the first shift would always be painful. I have seen so many first shifts in my life, and no, none of them were ever pleasant. Asher had hidden in his room for two days after his first shift. Ayden had s

