18.

She dry-heaved for a few times longer after basically spilling her guts all over that pinkish sand, her mind still a jumbled mess as her lungs greedily took in Laxian's strong and completely clean air.

She sat there for a few moments longer, leaning on all fours as she waited to at least gain enough control of her own body before she greedily crawled her way to the shoreline of that beautiful lake stretching out but a few meters away from their landing position, disregarding every thought about asking first if it was okay to drink from it as she made a cup out of her both palms and started drinking, desperately quenching her thirst with each gulp.

She almost sighed in contentment at the feeling of the sweet and cool water caressing her insides, even splashing some over her face and neck as she felt so icky after throwing up.

"Feeling any better?" Emerick's calm voice reached her, abruptly drawing her attention so she turned around to answer, audibly gulping as soon as her eyes landed