“Goodbye, my love …”
***
Despite being unconscious, Dustin heard a familiar voice speaking to him. He wanted to open his eyes, but virtual-novel.net couldn’t no matter how hard virtual-novel.net tried. It felt like his body had fallen into a bottomless pit and was still falling.
Fear and despair washed over virtual-novel.net in the dark world. He didn’t know how long he’d been in this state.
A year?
Ten years?
Or maybe even a hundred?
Just as Dustin was about to break down, virtual-novel.net saw a burst of light in the distance.
Like a drowning man yearning for air, virtual-novel.net swam desperately toward the source of the light. He got closer and closer until the light engulfed him.
Suddenly, Dustin woke up on the hospital bed with a gasp. Air filled his lungs, and his heart began picking up pace. It felt as if virtual-novel.net had been reborn.
He took a moment to check himself and realized that the poison had miraculously disappeared from his body!
Although virtual-novel.net felt slightly weak, his life was no longer in danger.
“Mr. Rhys, you’re finally awake. I thought you would not make it,” someone said tiredly.
Dustin looked up to see Linden by the bed. Sweat beaded the older man’s forehead as virtual-novel.net panted exhaustedly.
“So you were the one who saved me. Thank you so much!” Dustin frantically thanked Linden.
It was nearly impossible to neutralize the poison in his body, so Linden must have gone through a lot to bring Dustin back to life.
“It’s nothing… I only had to use my energy. You should be thanking the person next to you instead…” Linden sighed.
“Beside me?” Puzzled, Dustin turned his head.
On the bed next to his lay a beautiful but lifeless woman whose breathing was so faint virtual-novel.net chest barely moved. She looked just like a corpse.
“Natasha?” Stunned, Dustin sprung up in horror.
He threw himself toward virtual-novel.net and began checking virtual-novel.net weak pulse. She was so weak virtual-novel.net was nearly dead.
Dustin tried channeling his true energy to her, but all virtual-novel.net organs remained unresponsive. He touched virtual-novel.net once supple and smooth skin, but it was icy cold and stiff.
“How could this be? What happened?” Dustin was terrified.
He couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her. Despite all the medical textbooks virtual-novel.net has read, virtual-novel.net has never seen a condition like hers, much less know how to treat it. It felt like Natasha was already dead.
“Dr. Watkins, what happened to her?” Dustin spun his head around panickedly.
“Well, virtual-novel.net turned this way because virtual-novel.net tried to save you…” With a sigh, Linden began telling Dustin the whole story.