CHAPTER 19
HATRED AND HATE
MATTEO
The moment Brianna waved her fingers towards me, darkness came next. Heavy, thick, smothering darkness. I wasn’t sure if I was floating or sinking, only that my limbs felt like they’d been filled with wet cement.
I don't know how long the whole world was silent or how.long my ears and senses stopped functioning, but a voice came next. One too close it wasn't hard to tell it was close to my ears.
“Matteo… wake up.”
My eyes fluttered open as I blinked, trying to adjust to the light. My sight was blurry at first, like someone had smeared grease across my vision. The ceiling above me was different, and the air here was warmer, scented with some cheap perfume that burned my nostrils.
And then a face leaned over mine. Brown eyes, red lipstick already smu
