*Esmerelda*

I stopped breathing. I was sure that my heart had stopped beating. I was just like the immortals I attended class with.

I felt my head begin to hurt, and suddenly the room was spinning. I reached a hand to the doorframe, trying to steady myself. My lungs felt like they were on fire.

‘Breathe,’ I commanded myself. I finally took a long, deep breath in.

It took a moment for the world to come back to focus. I kept my hand on the doorframe just in ...