EVE’S POV
The world slowly returned to me like waves rolling back to its source after a long and violent storm. First all I heard were the sounds around me, a light tapping that following a rhythm, a breathing that didn’t come from me, and the creak of chairs. Then there a familiar warmth I felt.
My eyelids opened slowly, the dim orange light coming into the room through the window immediately told me it was evening already. I was in my room, the last place I had seen myself at was the infirmary where it all went dark.
Beside me, was the figure of the one person I needed to see at that moment. His head bowed, elbows to his knees as always, fingers buried deep into his hair like he had been pulling at the roots for hours. His shirt was wrinkled, eyes darkened with exhaustion, and his
