Soren Sometime after Alana announced that she would make Leah talk, I must have blacked out. All I knew for sure was that I was basically paralyzed and couldn't move a damn muscle. I wanted to save Alana from doing something stupid and getting herself hurt or worse, but I couldn't protect her. I was so sick and tired of not being able to protect the people that I cared about most. Alana was in my room with a slightly bruised face the second that I woke up. She was staring at me. I could see the dark circles under her eyes as if she hadn't slept in days, but it wasn't days. I assumed it wasn't, but the reality is that I didn't really know. "Glad to see that you are finally awake," she said so softly as if speaking physically hurt her to do. "What happened?" I can talk? Since when co