Back inside the gates, I don’t feel like going to my room- it’s nearly sunset, but the air feels too nice to be inside. Connor, Acker, and Nathanial are standing to the side, discussing whatever matters in hushed tones, so Maddie and I branch off walking around the courtyard. We go around the main building and when we come back to the group, a hot pain begins to sear in my chest. I rub it softly, but when it becomes unbearable, I have to stop.
“Lincoln, what’s wrong?!” Maddie says worriedly.
The pain increases, and forces me to my knees. Mark calls for help, but as soon as he does, the pain instantly stops. Mark helps me up and I just rub the soreness in the middle of my chest, feeling the erratic heartbeat inside of me. Anguish hits me in a wave, as if I lost something precious. “That
