Chapter 39. Goodbye, Aidan

AIDAN

When I peeled my eyes open, it didn’t feel like it normally did when I woke up from my sleep. I would usually be wide awake within the first few seconds because my slumbers were usually pretty shitty.

This time, it felt like I’d been asleep for so long, but I still felt weak to my bones regardless.

I struggled to remember where I was and how I fell asleep there, and the memories hit me like a moving truck.

Collin.

The challenge.

Me winning.

And me dying.

Shit.

But if my eyeballs could dart left and right like they were doing right now and I could remember all of these details, it meant that I had survived Collin’s attack.

And that also meant that…

“Welcome back to the land of the living, man.”

It was Jace who spoke, cutting me off from my thoughts.

I turned my head to face him.

“You didn’t think I was going to let you escape from your responsibilities that easily now, did you?”