Chapter 112

Zenovia

The lights of the arena suddenly flashed before my eyes and all I could feel was dizziness wash over me for a second.

I only faintly remembered Matteo rushing towards me and throwing me over his shoulder before depositing me on a stretcher.

Caroline’s sad and worried face as they took me away was the last thing I recalled before I blanked out.

The sun was shining through the windowpane and I felt the warmth on my skin. The light hurt my eyes, and I slowly turned my face away from the light to shield my eyes.

I was exhausted. Beyond exhausted.

Every single muscle in my body hurt and every single bone felt like it had cracked. My limbs were sore, my joints creaking, and my skin felt hot.

I was sweating as if I had run a marathon. My throat was also parched. I tried to wake myself up, but my eyes did not want to open. They felt like they weighed a ton.

But I forced my eyelids to flutter…to move…to do just about anything. After what felt like a monumental effort, I managed to lift my eyelids…barely.

From the slit of my eyes, I tried to look around. I was not in a familiar place. It was all plain white and dull.

I could vaguely make out the white curtain blowing in the soft breeze and the pale windows. My eyes slowly roamed through the space and then noticed a huge bulky frame sitting in a sharp contrast to the whites around me.

My eyes tried to focus on the figure seated in front of me, and I noticed two yellow balls. No, not yellow…bright golden.

Those were the eyes that would always rob me of my breath. Problem was that they were staring intently at me. Murderously, maybe.

I could not think of anything else and panic made my eyes shut down and my back fall to the bed again.

It did not take much time for me to fall asleep. The little effort had cost

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me a lot of energy. I was not sure when exactly it was that I woke up again.

I twisted and turned in my bed, fisting my hands in the sheets as I felt my head would explode. A searing hot pain tore through my brain, traveling through all the nerves before reaching every single cell in my body.

Fighting the pain was an effort I was not wiling to take. Lying down was easy. Letting my brain drift to oblivion easier.

But just as I thought that, a voice spoke to me.

“I knew you would take the easy way out”

mockery and despite the pain, I found the urge to get up from my bed and smack the

I was too

I opened my eyes and pushed myself up

I tried my best to ignore him. My mouth suddenly felt dry and rough, like

and he seemed to have sensed it, for he slowly, purposefully got up from the chair and methodically reached for the jar

of water pouring in the glass

the glass and swallowed it.

He cautioned but my throat

my glass, but with unsteady hands I reached for the jar and put it straight to my lips. After drinking it all, and almost spilling a good amount on myself, I

not,” He said in a disappointed voice and took the jar away from my hands as

a little. Though my head was still hurting, I could look around with better

“Where am I?”

a hospital. I don’t need to

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pain coursed through my head. Memories came back

arena, somebody holding and twisting my leg, a bit of blood, the huge

had won the trials and probably passed out due

my bed and sat in front of me, looking

I have it in me to

blinked. His tone was bordering somewhere on being calm and angry, and I did

“Shower” I croaked.

He asked with

said, and at that exact moment, my stomach rumbled loudly.

in. “With him

and viciously buried the mental image of being with him in the shower. That

The chuckle turned into full blown laughter as he began howling, clutching his

girl wants to shower…”

the chair and raking a hand through his hair. I looked up at him warily and hesitated to smile, but seeing him laugh worked better than a

when he laughed and his eyes crinkled at the sides when his smile reached his eyes.

at him for a second, stupidly, until he banged a hand on the back

second, he turned around and was upon me. His face was inches from mine as he

risky it was for you yesterday?”

him in confusion, and he nodded his head.

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not eaten anything before you decided to be a

I added

and I placed a hand on my mouth.

said, and I tried to

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