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Meghan,_ whispered a voice, heart wrenchingly familiar, drawing me out of the void. I recognized it immediately, just as I realized it was a figment of my desperate imagination, because the real owner of that voice would never be here, talking to me.Ash?__ake up,_ he murmured, his deep voice cutting through the layers of the darkness. __on__ do this. If you don__ come out of this soon, you__l fade away and drift forever. Fight it. Come back to us.__ didn__ want to wake up. There was nothing but pain waiting for me in the real world. If I was asleep, I couldn__ feel anything. If I was asleep, I didn__ have to face Ash and the cold contempt on his face when he looked at me. Darkness was my retreat, my sanctuary. I drew back from Ash__ voice, deeper into the comforting blackness. And, through the layer of dreams and delirium, I heard a quiet sob.__lease._ A hand gripped mine, real and solid, anchoring me to the present. __ know what you must think of me, but_ The voice broke off, took a ragged breath. __on__ leave,_ it whispered. __eghan, don__ go. Come back to me.