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at

h could feel the weight of the heat pinioning her to the awkward surface and for a fleeting moment she trie

er body, nor did she

tears clouded over her vision ma

back of her eyes, moving towards her temple. It was as if som

u

of her chest. From the endless darkness within she he

u

at made her voice tremble. She was calling for the first person she coul

tever light that would break forth in the darkness and shine on her face like a s

't know w

n't

ilenced her weepiness and brought a tense calm. Focus, the sane

ry and think...

hind her eyes, previous memories of how she

as heading to the bank. I stopped to withdraw some money and d

pk

? Am I at

Hopkin's place. Maybe they had way too many drinks during the dinner celebration, although drunkenness was

I'm...

the weight of its hand slowly enclose around her ankle and drag

but yielded to it w

She did not stir until her throat felt far too parched

ore focusing on a particular dresser at the foot of the bed.

y and blinked some more as her eyes dragged across the room and towa

bejeweling the outer walls, the tinkling of ice still fl

e lifted her arm

scre

for a bit, tears streaming from the shock of it. A fire she had not experienced in this lifetime. Minutes passed before she was able to catch her breath and fight back the black dots

uld nearly see the splint of wood pressed agai

s– m

rrestrial attached to her body. Eyes wide open and alert, Mykah glanc

ght stand and seat in the corner. Other than that nothi

s she tried licking her bruised lips. It hurts to speak. "Hopkins?" Silence greeted

s rai

was Ho

.. Ho

ass of water looked enticing with every passing minute. Mykah considered usi

she broke

e had sh

een in an

n inebriated..

path she happened to be standing on. The shudder of memories rushed t

tupid

of scientists about lycanthropes... and try as hard as she might, the flash of blue eyes wrinkling at the cor

he thought of that lodged its

king. "The Dome... I left Hopkins at the restaurant and continued... somethi

the seductive tangle of sleep webbing around her, trying to l

t

the walls. This was not a hosp

os

ity that it was a sane, kind person. Preferably one who was not a murderer. But her

's... h

nd before she could fight it,

s pa

y we

rawn shut leaving the room in utter darkness. For a moment she thought herself to be blind but one clumsy

om from the space beneath the door. There was no movement beyond, and she wished tho

nd the tops of her eyes hu

calling out to Hopkins once more, complete

d a door open