Everything hurt.
That was the first thing Cassie noticed as she woke up. Her body was stiff, her eyelids fluttered as she tried to open them, her breathing was shallow, and it was hard to move a muscle.
But she was alive.
At least she thought she was.
“Cassie?” a voice that was getting familiar to her whispered softly, and she felt an electrifying sensation in her right hand as someone squeezed it.
“Joshua?” she muttered, almost incoherent.
“It’s me.”
Cassie groaned as she tried to open her eyes, but the lights were too bright.
“The lights…,” she groaned softly, and Joshua’s hand disappeared for a moment, leaving her hand cold, then the lights dimmed.
“Better?” he asked, and Cassie managed to nod her head.
She opened her eyes and noticed she was in a hospital room.
“What happene
