It was finally the next day that the doctor removed the mask from my face. Valerie didn’t sleep the whole night. One call and I would have arranged for her to go back to sleep, but she didn’t let me use my phone.

I tried to talk to her, but she didn’t let me talk either. I tried to use my aura to make her listen to me, but she remained unfazed. So, I could only helplessly watch her struggle the whole night.

A part of me liked that she cared for me, but the other part of me hated that ...