Together, the three of us walked to the corner, out of immediate earshot of the rest of the family. Alice was still with Penny, but I kept an eye on her. Julian did too, I could tell, from the way he continued to glance back at her.The rest of the family could still hear us, if they strained to, bu
Amber’s POVI felt better once the test was performed, but waiting for the results was anxiety-inducing. I knew it could take a while to see if I had been injected with the wolfsbane, to have been made to forget the night before.It could have been a longshot. Maybe I could have just fallen asleep.
When I had called last night, the nurse had told me that Amber had been sleeping, so that gave more credence to it being just a dream.Yet… I remembered the fear I had felt so strongly last night that it had jolted me awake. That had been Amber’s fear.Was it possible I could have felt her nightmare
Julian’s POVAmber’s frantic behavior had me worried, but if she wanted to check on Mom so badly, I didn’t see any reason to deny her. So I stepped back as she stood up, and then I followed her out into the hallway and down to the waiting room.Amber was moving quickly, but I stayed in time. When we
Amber’s POVI was a shocked for a moment, not just that Gloria was awake, but also that she recognized me. Immediately, I rushed forward to her bedside.“Oh, Amber, it’s been too long,” Gloria said. “How is Julian? And he told me… you have a child?”“Alice,” I told her.Her lucidity was exciting, an
Amber’s POVMaybe I should have called Julian, or security, or any of the other numerous people who would have been interested to know that there was a suspicious person trying to enter a patient’s room, but in the moment, I didn’t really think about anything other than catching this person and stop