Chapter 304

Chapter 304

The light from Wren’s fingers had dimmed and she was looking at me with a faint smile. I held onto Theo’s hand as he handed me the time stone.

“Just think about the time you want to go, and it’ll take you there,” Gemma said, taking a step back.

Everybody was staring at us; Liz was trying to calm down those who were frantic.

I rose the time stone over my head, feeling the powers surge from my touch alone. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, thinking about the time I want to return to. The only time that I can think of. As the day and time surfaced in my head, my entire body became weightless. The only thing I could feel was Theo’s fingers entwined with mine.

I opened my eyes and saw the light that was circulating us. All my friends smiling at me with tears hidden in their eyes. My heart went out to Wrenley who gave me a short wave.

Soon, for the hundredth time, everything went black.

Molly

The light sounds of beeping began to slowly wake me. The faint lighting of the sun was beaming through the beige curtains that sat on the other side of the room. The familiar and musky scent of old cleaning supplies and latex filled my nose. I squinted as I adjusted my eyes to the new lighting of my surrounding area. I winced as pain coursed through my head; I had a splitting headache. From what? I wasn’t sure.

I went to sit up so I can get a better look at where I was, but my body wouldn’t allow me to move. Everything ached. I groaned as I stared up at the plain white ceiling and the dim lights that hung over my head.

The memory of what had happened was a bit foggy, but I remembered being in the underworld and defeating Xander for the final time. I also remembered using the time stone to bring us back in time so we can fix everything that had happened on our land in the last few years.

Had it worked?

I heard the soft snoring of someone from beside me, but it wasn’t coming from the uncomfortable bed I was lying in. No. This bed was way too small to occupy more than one person. It was coming from the chair that sat beside my bed.

I looked over to see Theo slouching in the chair with his head tilted to the side and his eyes squeezed tight. Soft sounds of his snoring escaped his lips; I fought the smile that tugged at my lips. He was cute when he slept so soundly. Just as soon as I smiled, I winced again in pain. My entire face ached.

I reached my hand to my face and touched the obvious bruising along my jawline. It was severely swollen; I could only imagine how it must have looked. I stared down at my wrist when I felt a bit of resistance and saw the IV needles sticking out of my forearm. I was being injected with a clear liquid from the bags beside me.

As I looked around the room briefly, I realized that I was in the hospital.

How did I get here?

I wanted to wake Theo, but the sounds of the door opening and closing shut were enough to open his eyes. I gasped as Dr. Davis walked into the room. The last time I saw him he was fighting for his life in the dungeon of the palace. But now he looked unharmed and unbothered. Theo groaned as he opened his eyes and looked at me, narrowing his eyes as he got a glimpse of my face. He looked like he wanted to say something; his mouth hung open in shock as he stared at the bruising. Then his eyes landed on the IV bag that occupied my wrist and then he looked around the room we were in.

Dr. Davis hardly paid attention to us when he walked in. He was too fixated on the clipboard he was holding. It wasn’t until Theo loudly cleared his throat that Dr. Davis finally looked up from the clipboard and saw us.

“Oh, you’re both awake,” he said with a smile. “Good morning.”

“What happened?” I asked; I was surprised at how hoarse my voice sounded.

Dr. Davis rose his brows.

“You don’t remember?” He asked.

I looked at Theo who looked just as clueless as me.

“It must have been the pain meds I gave you last night,” Dr. Davis chuckled with a headshake. “You were beaten in the palace dungeon. Theo brought you here…”

I looked at Theo again and I saw the realization dawning on him.

“Bobo,” he muttered, meeting my eyes.

We traveled back to the time after Bobo had beaten me in the dungeon of the palace. This was also when Theo told me he loved me for the first time. And… my hand went to my stomach, and I felt my face heating up. This was the night before we conceived Wrenley.

She wasn’t even born yet. My heart weighed heavily in my chest knowing that we traveled so far back in time that our daughter didn’t exist yet.

“Asher…” I breathed, staring at Dr. Davis with a worried gaze.

He furrowed his brows together and stared at me curiously.

“Asher’s fine,” he said, reassuringly. “He’s asleep right now, but he’s been doing well. At least, as well as he can be for right now.”