Bound by Agony

Astrid

I can’t sleep. I can’t breathe. I feel like part of me is dying.

“Alden is on his way,” Jessamina reminds me, holding my hand as she sits by my bedside and watches me shake. “I’m sure there’s something he can give you.”

“I need this to stop,” I say to her through chattering teeth. “I’m useless if this keeps on. It’s like he’s gone mad. I can feel it. Everything feels torn.”

The door opens a