Chapter 50.

Alyssa's POV.

My whole body ached, throbbing in time with my pulse.

My mouth tasted of iron and blood, and I wondered how long it had been since I’d last eaten.

Hours maybe, days. The world was hazy, indistinct, a haze that hid the stars above and made it feel like I might drown.

My head hurt, too, pulsing in time with a headache that pounded along with each beat of my heart.

There was a pain behind my eyes, as though they were being crushed. My skin felt thick like putty under my clothes. My teeth ground against each other, sending sharp needles of pain through my jaw, my lips.

My tongue tasted of blood and dust, dry and gritty like sand in my mouth.

And the air was hot, suffocatingly so, stifling me from breathing. My throat tightened and closed on itself, making it difficult to breathe. I choked, gasping for breath, but no breath came.

My mind raced as I remembered everything that happened the last few minutes, and then the next ten minutes.

My memories were scrambled, blurre