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62. Grieving

[Kathryn]

‘Kathy, wake up,’ Astrid’s voice fills my mind but it sounds distant still.

‘You need to wake up,’ she says again. Why does she sound so…hurt?

I want to open my eyes but it feels as if I can’t.

‘We are mostly healed. Try and wake up. Please,’ her voice sounds so urgent.

I try as she suggested and after some time, my eyes blink open. I am familiar with the white walls, and the sterile smell, but what gnaws at me is the pain and a certain emptiness. My heart stutters as a horrible thought engulfs my mind.

“Isaac…” I croak out.

“Thank the fucking Goddess,” I hear a familiar voice.

I turn towards the source and spot Caius walking up to my bedside, looking tired.

“Where’s..?”

“Oh stop taking that moron’s name,” he interjects, annoyed, but I don’t miss the worry lines that form at the edges of his lips.

I stare at my stomach and notice that it has been bandaged.

“What?...” I feel confused because why am I…

Oh….

The memories gush back as if a floodgate has been opened. Isl
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