A marking

This was her reality.

Leona continued struggling on the bed, her fingers clenched the sheets. When she was in so much pain that she could not endure it, she struggled and flipped on her stomach before she bit the pillow in her mouth. Her eyes turned red and her body seemed to be breaking inch by inch under the excruciating pain. 

She almost passed out from the unbearable pain but just as her eyes started closing, she endured it stubbornly and clenched her fists as she turned her face to the side. 

And in the next moment, she was astonished as she the reflection of a golden glow hovering around her body in the window glass. 

Her eyes turned wide in disbelief. 

But before she could think anything, the pain in her body intensified and she sucked in a cold breath. 

Leona did not know for how long she struggled to stay awake and alive but after what seemed hours, the pain in her body gradually disappeared.