Chapter 119
Xavier
I woke up to the piercing pain pulsating through my head, as if a thousand drums were beating relentlessly inside my skull.
Groaning, I slowly opened my eyes, my gaze fixed upon the ceiling. Each inhale I took felt laboured as if the weight of the world was pressing down upon my chest. Another day to search for Scarlet, I reminded myself, pushing through the haze of exhaustion that clouded my thoughts.
As I sat up in bed, a familiar scent invaded my senses, mingling with the stale air of the room. My heart skipped a beat, a knot of unease forming in the pit of my stomach. I turned my head to the right, and my eyes widened in horror at the sight before me.
Anne lay naked in my bed, her lifeless form a haunting juxtaposition against the violent chaos that surrounded
