I Am Never Alone by Campbell Jamie

Author:Campbell, Jamie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, ghosts, paranormal, young adult, teen, dystopian
Publisher: Jamie Campbell

Chapter Eleven

My teeth chattered from the noise. It was so loud and high pitched that it squealed through my head and hit every single nerve on its way through.

I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to drown everything out. It was sensory overload, too much to bear. My hands covered my ears but it was like the noise was coming from inside my skull. It radiated outwards instead of the opposite direction.

And it was killing me.

Someone was repeating my name. Someone was holding onto my shoulders so I wouldn’t fall to the ground.

The pain was excruciating, a million different nails shooting into me and boring into my skin. I didn’t want to be touched but I couldn’t shrug the person off. Every jolt sent a new round of pain coursing through my head.

The noise drowned out the voice. It whined and moaned, screaming with the damage it was delighting in causing.

The screams could have belonged to me. I wasn’t sure what was real and what was in my head anymore. Reality no longer existed. All that was present and accounted for was the shooting pain.

“Everly, what’s wrong? Tell me what’s wrong.”

Someone was worried.

I couldn’t reply.

Tears streamed down my cheeks, their trail setting my skin on fire like I had been stabbed with hundreds of hot pokers. I couldn’t survive this pain. I couldn’t breathe.

I was going to die.

I wanted to die.

Anything was better than this ache. The world faded away and it was just it and me. Darkness. Blackness. Misery. I begged for it to swallow me up. I wanted it to consume me like it was trying to do. I would let it rip me away from the planet and I would be its servant for all eternity.

If only it would stop hurting.

“Everly, talk to me.”

There was no chance I could speak. Not when my ears rang with the squeal so loud I couldn’t even think properly. Pain was the only thought I could conjure.

And then…

It stopped.

Just as quickly as it had started, the noise vanished into thin air and released me from its iron grip. The neurons in my brain formed images again, thoughts, sentences, words.

I pushed open my eyes but didn’t dare move anything else. Jet was behind me. He had his arms around my waist, taking my weight to keep me upright. I should have stepped away but I wasn’t entirely convinced my legs would hold me yet.

“Are you okay?” Oliver asked. He was standing in front of me, his brows knitted together with concern. He reached out for me, remembered he couldn’t touch anything, and took his hands back again.

“I’m fine,” I replied, my voice barely more than a croak. My throat was a gravelly mess. I must have been screaming out loud and not just in my head.

“Everly, God, I was so worried about you,” Jet said, pulling me closer against him. “Are you alright? What happened?”

I tested my legs, trying to get my body to work once more. It seemed sluggish, I was sluggish. All my energy was taken from me with whatever that noise was.

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