Chapter29 Meeting Lily

EMBER's POV

"Ember? Ember. Ember wake up. " I heard the voice from deep within me but found it hard to respond to it, even if I was struggling to.

"Ember?" the voice called out again, and I forced myself to open my eyes.

"there you are." the voice said and the owner's face came into view.

"William?" I asked, my voice sounding terrible to my ears, but I was truly shocked to see him there. How had he even gotten in here?

"hey." he said and ran his hand down my cheek, and as I slowly got my orientation back, I realized that my head was cradled in his lap, "welcome back."

He is my college colleague. We used to be very good friends, but we lost touch after graduation.

"What happened?" I asked weakly as he helped me sit up,

"you passed out." he said, sounding worried, "easy there," he said when I tried and failed to stand.