I woke up slowly, as if someone was dragging me back from a dark place I didn’t want to stay in. My back was touching the cold floor, and my head felt heavy like I had been sleeping for a hundred years and fighting in my dreams at the same time. For a moment, everything looked blurry like fog was inside my eyes.

Then it all hit me at once.

The rejection.

The ripping pain.

The crying inside my heart that my mouth didn’t release.

The bond breaking like a bone snapping in the soul.

My body ...