Chapter 12:

Alina: My eyes were burning. That was the first thought I woke up to. The second, however, was to realize that my eyes weren’t really burning. I opened my eyes a bit, only to shut them immediately. It was under the scrutiny of the direct sunlight coming in through the huge floor-length windows on the wall opposite to the bed. The third thing that crossed my mind was, I don’t have gigantic windows in my bedroom! Oww! I jumped up in bed, looking around the unfamiliar room to search for the source of the voice I just heard. However, all I got was a room devoid of any other humans or vampires for that matter. I could’ve sworn I heard someone talk. How come no one was here? I did talk, but it’s in your mind. Then I remembered about last night, of being escorted to the restaurant by Ryan, bumping into Erick, fainting in the bathroom, and ending up at his beach house. I grimaced. “How can I hear you?” I asked aloud. My voice came out raspy, so I cleared my throat a few times. There’s water on