Alexander Harrington awoke with a start, a sharp, searing sensation coursing through his legs that jolted him from his sleep. It was a pain unlike any he had experienced since the accident—a pain that felt alive, dynamic, as if something within him was awakening.
He lay in the darkness, his mind racing, trying to comprehend the impossible. For so long, he had become accustomed to the numbness, the absence of feeling below his waist. Now, this sudden eruption of sensation was both terrifying and exhilarating.
