"He had the awkward tenderness of someone who has never been loved and is forced to improvise."
IN WHICH two neighbors meet only to be thrown into a world that was the opposite of their own and forced to battle for their lives every night alongside...
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KAIA EXHALED SLOWLY through her mouth, her breath escaping in a controlled, measured stream. She reached forward, her fingers wrapping around the base of her foot as she stretched out her back. The stinging pain from last night's visit to the Phantom Realm reverberated through her entire body, a constant reminder of the ordeal she had endured. The visit had left her with nothing to show for it, as she had been unable to break out of her room due to the overwhelming pain. She had spent the entire time within the Phantom Realm confined to her bed, trying desperately not to pass out from the agony that wracked her body. The pain was so intense that she feared she might die again in the realm from blood loss.
The sound of a knock on her door broke through her thoughts, but she paid it no mind. She knew it was just Irene, performing her usual check-up every four hours. Kaia inhaled deeply, her chest rising and falling with the effort. She leaned back, spreading her left leg out and away from her body as she stretched to the left. Both hands wrapped around her left foot, and she bent her body to the side, feeling the stretch in her muscles. The pain was still there, a constant companion, but she pushed through it, determined to regain some semblance of normalcy.
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