The Poison

LAYLA

I was burning up again and I blinked and stared groggily at the ceiling. The days came and went like a blur and I didn't know how long I had been unconscious.

The pain though? That never goes away. It never changes. I was still alive but I guess it was the pain that was doing that.

Right where the rogue bit me, it began as a hot angry burn. But it feels deeper now. It feels like something is trying to tear me apart from the inside by crawling under my skin and passing through ...