Page 7 of Light in Your Eyes

"I need to see Kellan!"his loud voice echoes in the air, hysterical."I need to see my brother!"

I can hear the surrounding fuss, as though the nurses are trying to put him back into another room, preventing him from seeing me.

"Jaxon, please," one of them says in a soothing voice. "Both of you are not in good condition right now. Help is coming. You can see your brother when both of you are in a fit state. It's for his own good, and yours too."

I know what's going on. They're treating us like helpless kids, but what can we do to change that?

We are indeed kids.

"Jaxon," I stutter."Jaxon!"I call him with all the energy left in my body.

"Let me go," he hisses to the surrounding people, and I can feel his movement when he rushes to the bed.

"Where are you?" I urge.

"I'm here." His hand grabs mine, and I can feel the warmth of his skin. I'm holding on to him like my life depends on him.

"Why can't I see you?" I sob.

I want to see. I really want to see. I hate this darkness.

"Why can't I see anything?"

Jaxon doesn't say anything, and I become even more restless. This is not the reaction that I expect from him.

"Why are you silent?" I ask.

The next thing I hear is his cry, and that makes my heart drop. I feel my eyes water again. My throat hurts so badly.

"Am I blind?" I whisper.

Jaxon sobs. "I'm sorry." He breaks down, tightening his hold on my hand. I can feel that he wants to hug me, but he can't do it because of how wounded I am. "I'm sorry, Kellan."

I don't know what I should do. Jaxon's hand is shaking as he cries with me. My heart feels like it doesn't exist anymore.

Why didn't I just die in the car crash?

Why am I still breathing?

Jaxon is holding my hand so tightly, like I am his life, and maybe I am. If I'd died, what would have happened to him? He would have been alone. Would he have killed himself because of the pain?

"Where are Mom and Dad?" The question leaves my lips even though I might already know the answer.

No.I want to hear it from Jaxon. Maybe he'll tell me that Fenrir was lying. I beg him to do so. Mom, Dad, and Inez must be somewhere in this hospital too, in another room.

"They're gone," Jaxon rasps, crushing my heart.

He breaks down again while I'm silently crying. I can't see anymore, but why can I still cry? I don't understand this world at all.

I wish that this were just a nightmare, but why does the pain feel so real?

"What about Inez?" I ask.

Jaxon's sobs break again. "She didn't make it either."

"No." I want to explode. "It can't be true. She was right in my arms. I was there protecting her. She's still alive, Jaxon. I was sure that she was still breathing."

I can't believe that Inez is gone too. My little sister is gone, the one I protected with my life when the crash happened.