Elixir's Existence (IV)

The present and past couldn't blend in, 

The numbness that she could feel, 

The pain that she wanted to experience, 

The love that she wanted to feel, but it's all gone. 

*** 

The present time. 

Althea leaned her back in the corner, closing her eyes tight. How come she came back without notice? Althea tried to remember what happened, trying to recall what Qing Long and Mei had done. She could remember the skulls, how Xiaojun wanted to leave, but he hugged her... how she... 

"The wound," Althea looked down. She saw no sign of blood in it. She saw no plaster of bandage in it. Althea didn't know what to do but to stare at her abdomen, trying to think of a way out of this. It doesn't have any trailing blood in the hospital gown. No one noticed how much she suffered on the other side of the town. How come that she was still here?