CHAPTER NINETEEN
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When I woke up, the room was dark. It was just me and the darkness. The club had shut down hours ago. A sense of emptiness swept through me, but then a different feeling came and took its place. I knew what had woken me so I sat up and hugged my knees. I pulled the sheets close to my chest. “You’re here, aren’t you?”
No one else was in the room.
But I felt her and I wanted to see her. I wanted to speak to her, hear her answer back. A sudden intensity took hold of me, starting in my feet and sweeping up. A vacuum had formed and it sucked everything up in me. Then I was inside of it. I squinted as my eyes adjusted. What was dark was light now and I knew the Immortal had answered my wish.
Talia stared back at me, perched on the end of my bed. A woeful look was w
