Gloom

Chapter 360

My stomach contracted even more.

"Y-you're okay," I whispered. That was obvious, of course, but I only said it because I needed to break the density of the silent atmosphere and because, although my resentment against him had not completely diminished, I really felt relieved to have him in front of me. Wounded, but alive.

He nodded, still not looking at me.

-How do you feel? —He inquired, but his eyes continued studying the space in which we were, as if it were the first time she had seen it—. Physically, I mean.

I looked at my own body and felt again the area in my torso where I previously felt the pain that prevented me from breathing well.

"Much better," I admitted, before furrowing my brow at the suspicion that arose in me. Did you...heal me?

Again, he shook his head in a half-hearted nod. I wanted to think that perhaps that was due to his surly attitude, because he had used the little energy he had to heal my wounds. Maybe he was just very tired.

Once again, I felt nervousness ti