My eyes opened and I coughed, blood gushing out of my mouth.

Was I…was I dead? I lifted my head and looked around and I was in my room. On the floor.

My heart leaped. It had…it had worked. I felt tears sting my eyes as I slowly tried to stand up but my body felt too weak.

I thought I was going to die. When that antidote had shattered on the floor, it felt like I watched my own life shatter right before my eyes.

I had licked the liquid from the floor like a dog. All because I was desperate to live. And somehow it worked.

But I...