~JOEY

There was a loud ringing in my ears.

The sound pierced through my skull, my mind, my soul. It permeated every single pore in my body, overtaking every single cell.

I couldn't breathe. My lungs suddenly stopped working, and all I could do was gape like a fish out of water.

Something was horribly, horribly wrong.

Lydia...Elena was staring at me with tears in her eyes. Her hands squeezed mine so tight that she was risking cutting off my blood circulation, but I didn't let go. I ...