Chapter 205

Alyssa POV

I come to feeling like someone spun me in the dryer and then drop-kicked me off a fucking cliff.

Nausea slams into me with no mercy, crashing through my insides like a wrecking ball with a vendetta.

It hits so hard I nearly forget where I am.

Or what happened to land me here.

Niko’s still beside me, slouched in the chair asleep, his hand loosely curled around mine like even unconscious, he couldn’t bear to let go.

The second I move, his eyes fly open.

“Sweet girl?” His voice is hoarse, thick with sleep and panic. “What’s wrong?”

“Trash can,” I choke out, slapping a hand over my mouth like that could really stop what’s coming.

“Shit—okay, hold on—” Niko scrambles up, grabs the bin from the corner, and shoves it in front of me just in time.

And then I’m hurling.

Violently.

My entire body seizes with the force of it. My throat burns. My eyes sting. My stomach clenches and twists like it’s trying t