Chapter 3

But I didn't die.

I woke up in my own bed, with clean clothes and soft blankets.

A neighbor lady had found me and carried me home.

I was awake for a moment. Then I passed out again.

Not sure how long later, I heard someone shouting my name from outside.

"Selena, Get out here!"

Adrian's voice.

I jolted fully awake.

And the pain came rushing back with him. It was worse than before, as if it wanted to eat me alive.

The doctor had said most people who got stabbed by that poisoned sword didn't actually die from the…