Marsai:
"You can't do this! Please, wake up! Please!"
The words clawed their way out of my throat, raspy and broken, though it felt like I was screaming at the top of my lungs. My body had gone completely numb. My eyes burned, bloodshot and swollen, and I knew they had to be redder than they’d ever been.
Thirty minutes. Thirty agonizing minutes of endless tears.
And yet, the tears didn’t stop. They just kept coming, pouring down in a flood as I sobbed uncontrollably, my chest heaving with every gasp. My head stayed bowed, both of my hands clutching theirs in a desperate grip. I couldn’t let go. I couldn’t lose them. Goddess, please. Do something. Do anything!
It seemed the goddess heard me, because the next second, I felt a faint twitch in their hands. I froze.
Was it real? My br
