CONTINUATION…

I had jumped onto the shaded threshold just in time. All the skin on my neck was gone and I gasped with great effort. I didn't need to breathe to stay alive but because I had been breathing for such a long time, I had gotten too used to it even though I didn't need to necessarily do it.

I felt blood flow down the back of my neck and soak my jacket before the open artery quickly healed. I looked at my arms, no skin, just red meat. I watched as the skin ...