Chapter 114. Leaving Everything Behind

I opened my eyes slowly, the world was still a blur around me. A shadow loomed over, and as my vision cleared, I saw Damien's concerned face. He sat beside me as he looked at me with worry.

Tears welled up in my eyes as he wrapped his arms around me, holding me close.

"It's okay," he whispered his voice a soothing balm to my frazzled nerves.

I nodded weakly, my heart heavy with the weight of recent events. Damien's embrace offered solace, I felt so much at peace with him, as I held on to him tightly.

“What happened?” I asked him, confused how I got to be on the bed.

"You fainted," Damien said gently, his words punctuating the silence that enveloped us, as the memory of what happened flashed through my brain.

Ava's betrayal and my being stressed and disappointed in her must have made me exhausted to the point of fainting.

I nodded again, I remember the memory of my collapse at the entrance of the Black mansion.

"Ariana, you've been stressed ou