Ugh. She had to stop waking up like this. What had she done now? Her head ached and her mouth was bone dry. There was an ache, everywhere. She wasn’t even moving but just the act of breathing sent pain slicing through her body. The drumming noise was driving her insane. Wait. That was her heartbeat. She kind of needed that. Okay. That could continue. But the rest of it needed to stop. Seriously. There wasn’t a time that she could ever remember feeling this bad.
A chuckle next to her ear startled her enough that she opened her eyes. Well, kind of. All she could manage was a small slit. Just enough to recognize Jackson lying beside her in the bed. He wasn’t touching her except for her hand that lay next to her on the bed. What had she done? She only ever woke up like this when she had over
