APRIL
The ticking clock in the ICU waiting room was the only audible sound.
Xander had been taken in for an emergency operation a while ago and we were still waiting to hear back from the doctors.
When we arrived at the hospital, he was barely breathing, and it seemed like they might’ve stopped his heart for the surgery because I couldn’t feel even a shred of his presence through the bond.
On our way to the hospital, we’d dropped Natalie at one of the safety bunkers where security and magic borders were keeping people safe.
If she was here, she’d have been a great distraction for me. And god, I’d do anything to be distracted from this godawful unending pain.
My chest fucking hurt. Every nerve in my body was on literal fire. My head was pounding as though a line up of high school bands were in a competition.
All I could think of was the pitiful state we’d found Xander in a while ago. The way he looked helpless and near death’s door. The way his blood was like a second skin masking
