The rain got heavier in the middle of the night, and I jolted awake when thunder cracked across the sky like a whip.

When I turned on my side, I realized with a start that there was someone lying down beside me.

Before I could release a scream, a hand shot out to grab mine and then came a man’s soothing voice. “Calm down. It’s me.”

My chest heaved as I tried to recover from my shock. “Ashton, what are you…” I trailed off.

His unexpected presence had brought scared the daylights out of me, but gradually, I regained my bearings and furrowed my brows. Shouldn’t he be with Rachel now? Why is he here?

I pursed my lips and uttered icily, “What are you doing here?”

 

His lips remained sealed, seemingly having no intention to answer me. Right then, another clap of thunder boomed overhead, and I flinched closer to him. However, he didn’t seem to notice the subtle movement as he stuffed a pair of earplugs into my ears.

My surroundings instantly became quiet and for a while, I merely stared blankly at him in the dark.

 

Throughout it all, he didn’t utter a single word. Instead, he hugged me and coaxed me to sleep by gently patting my back.

I was really sleepy, to begin with, I gradually dozed off in his arms and slept through the entire night.

The sky was already bright when I woke up the next day, and the morning air was slightly humid due to the heavy rain from the previous night.

Subconsciously looking to my side, I felt slightly incredulous when I found the space empty.

man really comes and goes like the wind. I would’ve thought I hallucinated everything if not for the earplugs still stuck in

behind my temples. Hence, even after waking up for a while, I remained in the same position. When Nora came into my tent and saw

my head and parted my lips to answer. “My head… hurts.” My throat was so dry I could barely say more than two

think I may be down

my

she rushed out in a haste and spoke to someone. “We should pack our things right now and go back to A City. Scarlett is down with

something, but my throat hurt too

with his ominous eyes. Then, a frown appeared between his brows when he touched my forehead. “Jesus, you’re

should take her to the base to see a doctor first. There’s

I knew that nothing I said would make a difference, so I

straight to the base while the

asleep again after getting into the car.

out of consciousness, and I was plagued by an

came into view, I

of breaking down after several failed attempts. As my emotions spiraled out of

his voice reached my ears,

outside world was horrible. After a few tries, I realized that I couldn’t open my

Some were horrifying, while others were beautiful, but most were indistinct. One thing they

emotions felt so tangible that I couldn’t differentiate between dream

my eyes, it was to see everything white. I’m in a hospital

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