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“Are you okay?” He gasps.
My knees give out and I crumpled to the floor. Liam’s arms wrap tightly around me, and I sob into his shirt. My hearts continue to gallop in my chest and the sound reverberates in my ears.
“No… I’m not okay.” I cry.
The alcohol I consumed finally hits me, sending tingles through my fingers and lips. Liam rocks us back and forth and mutters comforting words under his breath.
We sit on the floor long enough for the medication to flow through me. My mind and body begin to relax, and Liam immediately takes notice.
My eyelids droop and my head lulls to the side.
I feel weightless.
Liam’s body pulls away from mine and I mourn its loss.
He grips my shoulders and holds me at arm's length.
“What did you do?” he whispers.
The weight of my tongue seems to triple. I mumble incoherently and Liam gently shakes me.
“Emily, what did you do? What did you take?” he demands, panic seeping from his voice.
Thump… Thump… Thump...
The beat of my heart slowly as seconds pass.
“What did you take,Féileacán?”
Liam’s voice becomes distant and faint.
Thump… Thump…
Thump…
Thump…
Then everything goes black.
The muffled sound of steady beeping emerges from the fog of my subconscious. My eyes flutter but refuse to open. The heaviness of my body feels as though the entire force of Earth’s gravity is lying on it.
I try to move my lips, but nothing happens.
I’m acutely aware of someone’s presence. But Who?
Darkness overtakes me with the whisper of someone calling my name.
Fingers gently caress the skin of my cheek. The scent of musk and spice fills my nose. Warmth flows through my blood and I know it’s him.
“Wake up,Féileacán. Please, wake up.”
I try to force my eyes to open with no luck. My body doesn’t feel like my own. It’s sitting on the edge of reality and whatever limbo my soul has gone.
“You were close. So close.”A voice says.
Blood rushes toward my heart, sending it into a race.
“You’re weak. Pathetic.”
