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Chapter21

My tongue was too heavy to form the pleadings for compassion that teased at the back of my mind, but I managed to squeak out one last moan of protest as it passed past my lips.

"Don't worry; everything will work out." As I descended farther into the abyss, his promise drifted down to me. I was saved from falling thanks to corded arms that wrapped around me and caught me.

The tone of his voice was soothing and somehow reassuring, "You'll be with Nicola again soon." "We'll keep you secure."

Safe. With that peculiar sense of security, I gave in to the darkness, and as a result, the world vanished before my eyes.

Nicola

Mathew gave me a wicked grin and added, "I bought you a gift," but I didn't put a second of my faith in what he was saying.