Jude
Everything hurt. Every part of my body felt like it was pounded by an anvil and shoved through a wood chipper. There was a rhythmic beating around me and the scent of sanitizer and bleach. I felt something lodged in my throat and started to gag. My arms immediately went to my neck before I felt fingers wrap around my wrists and pin me down to the mattress.
“Mr. Reynolds Calm down. We're going to remove the breathing tube,” a feminine voice said. She was soothing but she wasn't the voice I wanted to hear. What happened? Where's Meg? Did Alessadro hurt her? Wait, no. I got shot. What happened after that? Where is Meg? I felt something being pulled from my throat and my god I wanted to vomit. I needed Meg. I needed to know she was safe.
“Meg is in the room down the hall from you. You
