Chapter 42. Blast from the Past

Ash’s POV

“Ash! Ash, please open your eyes, you’re safe now.”

From far away I hear my name being called.

This is it.

Judgment day has come for me.

I already know it. I’m going to hell.

“Ash! Open your eyes now, please. Come back to me.”

Those words smack of female desperation.

Would an angel tell me to open my eyes and come back to her?”

So....maybe I’m not dead.

Maybe.

It takes grave determination and grit before I’m finally able to pry my eyes open, although they feel like bricks are weighing them down.

That’s not the only hurdle I have to face.

My vision is blurred, but after blinking like it’s going out of fashion, I make out a form standing over me.

“Ash!”

That same voice calls out my name once more. A woman’s voice.

I blink once again and a face comes into view. Long blonde hair and blue eyes are the first things I take in. Recognition sweeps through me and I rear back, shock making