My Demon Volume 1 (Noble Academy) by S.A. Hunter
Author:S.A. Hunter [Hunter, S.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: k'12
Published: 2015-09-30T16:00:00+00:00
Saturday, Day 6
I didnât want to wake up, but something wasnât right. There was a strange beeping, an unfamiliar bed, and the smell of disinfectant. I didnât know where I was, and I didnât like it. Then I remembered.
My eyes snapped open and I immediately regretted it. The light stung my eyes. I looked around but I couldnât really make out much. My brain felt woolly, and my vision was blurry. I was safe though. I could make that out. I was no longer lying in a school corridor with a murderer crouching over me.
Bits and pieces of what had happened after came back to me like fragments of a dream, but I realized all of the strange snapshots were actual memories. I remembered watching fluorescent lights go by over me as I was wheeled on a gurney. Nurses and doctors leaned over to look at me, but talked over me, not to me. I tried to speak to them, to make them notice me, but something was covering my mouth. I tried to lift it off, but a nurse stopped me, saying I had to keep the mask on. I didnât understand her and tried to tell her that I wasnât wearing a mask. That this was really my face. Only âNo,â came out. The nurse assured me that I would be okay.
Nothing else was very clear after that. I remembered things. Sensations. No clear images. Stuff happened. Stuff was done to me. That much was certain. It was frightening. Even trying to remember it sent a chill through me and my mind shied away.
My eyes adjusted enough for me to recognize where I was. I was propped up on a hospital bed in the schoolâs clinic. I was hooked up to an IV and there was a monitor attached to my right index finger. A tube blew oxygen into my nose. My back throbbed and everything ached. Mom was by the bed, slumped over with her cheek again my hand. I didnât have much strength, but I twitched my hand to rouse her.
She lifted her head and saw my eyes were open. âSarah, youâre okay, honey. Youâre safe,â she said. Her eyes were red and swollen. I shook my head and reached out to her.
âDonât cry,â I slurred.
She swiped at her cheeks and gave me a shaky smile. âI wonât anymore. Promise. How do you feel?â
I frowned. âLike Iâm floating but thereâs a hook in my back, keeping me tethered. I donât like it.â
She reached out and stroked my forehead. âIâm sorry, honey. Itâll get better as the effect of the anesthesia wears off.â
I sighed and let my eyes slide shut, sinking into the bed. âWhat happened?â I asked.
Her hand froze on my forehead. âDonât you remember?â
I grimaced. My throbbing back made the memory easy to recall. I forced my eyes open. âSomeone stabbed me?â
She nodded. âYes, do you remember anything else?â
I wanted to close my eyes and sink back into sleep, but I made myself stay awake. âI didnât recognize him.
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