Distorted Beauty {Pure Illusion Series: Book 4}

Chapter 10

A/N: Hello from the land of getting a new laptop! If you haven't been following along, I lost EVERYTHING on my laptop, but I did save this book (and the others and a few other drafts I may use) on my hard drive so they have been saved! I am editing intensely on the chapters I have written and will edit the ones that have been published, so if you go back and read, you may notice changes and details.

In all honesty, if you have been following along then you are beginning to realise that a lot of what is in this book, is similar to book 1. Let's just leave it like this: there are 6 books for a reason, they are all meant to parallel one another. As this is chapter 10, we know we are officially halfway through! Some will be happy with chapter, some won't. I hope to recapture my writing as it's been getting worse as I've written these books, not better. As always, enjoy :)

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The light poured in the room around her. She gasped and sat up, a tube in her nose and the sound of the heart monitor sputtered. Sweaty hands gripped the side of the bed and took several shaky breaths. Her eyes were blurry and the room seemed to be spinning around her. Voices sounded off around her, trying to usher her back to bed. But her body; it felt hot as if she were on fire.

"Where is he? What have you done?"

She heard this voice calling out over and over, demanding to know something about this man that was in peril. She didn't know who he was or where he was, but she desperately wanted to know. It wasn't until she heard another voice trying to shush her that she realized that the frantic voice was hers. Blue eyes focused and she saw a room filled with several people she knew the names but could not remember. A man with blonde hair gently pushed on her shoulder for her to laid back down on the bed. The room slowed down and she began to take in the scene around her.

Thor and Jane stood off to the side, watching as if they were not allowed to come anywhere near her. The blonde man, she now identified as Captain Rogers, was the one that was holding her down by her shoulder. The man on the other side of her holding her hand and pressing a cold rag on her forehead was Jake. Trying to concentrate on the words they were saying, her head pounded as she gasped again as the pain became excruciating.

"Izzy, are you alright? Answer me."

This new voice belonged to the billionaire playboy who had shoved the Captain out of the way so he and Doctor Banner could take a look at her. The pain she had felt melted away as if it had never been there.

"I'm fine..." She replied groggily, slowly sitting up with Jake's support. "What... Where am I?"

The group looked at each other puzzled. This drew the attention of Thor and Jane from the doorway, which took a few steps closer, eager to hear what the girl had to say.

"Iz, what's wrong?" Jake inquired, wiping some more sweat from her brow. She felt drenched in the clothes she was wearing.

 "I-I remember now... My name's not "Izzy". " Her gaze shifted to Thor and Jane, a small smile tracing her lips and tears gathering in her eyes as she remembered flickered memories her dear friends and wondered how she could have ever been angry with them. "My name is Sigyn."