“You better not be dead, Mael Nguyen. You hear me? I swear to god, if you died from that, I’m going to—I’m going to—well—” “What will you do?” Danu, I sounded like I spent the morning gargling stones for breakfast. Everything ached, everything burned, but Leo’s body against mine soothed the jagged edges of me. Anchored me back to the waking world and chased away the darkness surrounding me. “Well, I’ll be very cross! That’s what!”
