Chapter 102

John felt himself suddenly thrown back into reality after a long nightmare, and he was glad that the first face he beheld was the one he most desired to see in the world.

He fixed his gaze on those deep gray eyes, feeling her delicate hands on his face, but not just that. Someone was holding him from behind, and his body instinctively reacted, forcefully throwing the owner of the arms away. Helena quickly moved closer to him.

"It’s just James, John! It’s James!"

He didn’t understand why she was informing him of that with such urgency until he realized that he hadn’t just thrown his best friend away; he had elbowed him in the nose, which was now bleeding.

John watched as Helena rushed to him, kneeling on the floor to check the bleeding from his nose.

"It’ll heal soon," James murmured to her, lowering his hands from John’s face as he stood up.

Helena quickly turned her attention back to him, but even though his heart was nearly exploding in hi