Chapter 167
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It was asleep as deep as death.
After Sez left, Rayton had remained in bed as still as a corpse. Perhaps this was better. At least he couldn’t harm Sez, nor could he invoke that accursed magic, whilst he was sleeping.
He dreamt; all of his dreams were about Sez. And in them, Rayton was laughing alongside her. That was how he knew it was a dream.
‘If I could sleep forever, just laughing with you like this...If this could be my reality, I’d give my soul.’
But a dream was just a dream, and Rayton’s wish remained unfulfilled.
“...”
Rayton’s eyelids fluttered open. The very first thing he did upon awaking was grope beside him.
The bed was cold, and Sez was gone. He sat there dazed and alone before shifting his gaze to his hand. He remembered the red heat at his fingertips clearly, along with the acrid smell as everything burned. But his hand was normal as ever.
‘Because of the medicine...?’
