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Chapter 55-- Peace Doesn't Last In This World
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Burning empire Chapter 70- The Price Of Survival
Chapter 70: The Price of Survival The first sound that broke the silence of the recovery room was the soft rustle of bedsheets. Matteo sat beside the hospital bed, head bowed, hand wrapped tightly around Leo’s. He hadn’t slept in hours. Maybe days. His clothes were the same ones he’d worn since the night of the surgery. His fingers were cold, his eyelids heavy. Then he felt it. A twitch. Matteo’s eyes snapped open. Leo’s fingers moved. Then again. “Leo?” Matteo whispered, leaning in. Leo’s eyelids fluttered. His breathing deepened. Slowly, carefully, his eyes opened. They were unfocused at first, glassy, but alive. “Matteo…” Leo’s voice was dry, barely a whisper. Matteo felt his chest tighten. A lump rose in his throat. “I’m here,” he said, gripping Leo’s hand. “I’m here, Leo.” Leo blinked slowly. “Did… we win?” Matteo laughed softly through the tears spilling from his eyes. “Yeah. You won, Leo. You did it.” The monitor beeped steadily. The machines still hummed, but none
Burning empire Chapter 69: Beneath The Skin
Chapter 69: Beneath the SkinThe morning light filtered through the narrow hospital blinds, soft and gold. It touched everything in the room—the pale blue walls, the steady machines, the bed where Leo lay still, and Matteo, who hadn’t slept in nearly two days.He sat with his arms folded across the side of the bed, his head resting near Leo’s hand. His hoodie was wrinkled, his hair messy, and his eyes rimmed with exhaustion. But he didn’t move. He was listening.Listening for a sound.A whisper. A breath. Anything.The heart monitor gave its steady beep, each one like a quiet knock from hope.“Still stable,” the nurse said kindly. “He might wake up in a day or two. He’s doing better than expected.”Matteo nodded without looking at her. He didn’t trust his voice.The door opened behind him. Soft footsteps. He didn’t turn around.Dominic’s voice was quiet. “You need to rest.”“I’m fine.”“You haven’t eaten.”“I’m not hungry.”Dominic said nothing. He stood beside Matteo and looked at Le
Burning empire Chapter 68: Between Life And Blood
Chapter 68: Between Life and Blood The hospital lights never dimmed. Not in the private surgical wing, not in the waiting room where Matteo sat, stiff and silent. The sterile white walls didn’t care about the anxiety bleeding out of him. They held no warmth, no comfort—only silence, machines, and the soft echo of footsteps. Dominic stood across from him, arms folded, leaning against the wall. His face gave nothing away. But his eyes—they burned. It was 8:56 PM. Four minutes to surgery. Dr. Rahman appeared in the hallway, fully scrubbed in. He gestured for Matteo to follow. Matteo rose like he was floating, leaving behind his fear for a moment as he walked beside the doctor. They stopped in front of the surgical theater’s outer glass wall. Beyond it, nurses prepared the equipment. A heart-lung machine stood by the operating table, quiet but ready. Dr. Rahman spoke gently. “He’s sedated. Intubated. Stable. His vitals are holding, which is good. Now, we begin the process of removi
Burning empire Chapter 67- The Cost Of A Heart
Chapter 67: The Cost of a HeartThe early morning sun painted the sky in soft gold as it rose over the private hospital. Inside, everything was still. Leo remained unconscious, though the tension that had gripped the room for days had slightly eased. Machines hummed steadily, and nurses passed quietly, aware of the emotional weight that saturated the air.Matteo sat in the corner chair beside Leo's bed, his fingers gently wrapped around his little brother’s. It had been a long night, filled with fear and waiting—but Leo was alive. Breathing. And that was more than they’d had before.Fatima had stayed the night after Matteo returned from the lodge. Dominic had left hours earlier to respond to an attack on one of his warehouses—an emergency that pulled him back into the world he rarely let touch Matteo and Leo.As the clock ticked toward eight, the door opened, and Dr. Rahman stepped inside with another nurse and a folder pressed to his chest. His expression was serious but not panicked
Burning empire Chapter 66: The Sound Of A Blink
Chapter 66: The Sound of a BlinkThe morning light poured gently through the hospital windows, casting golden shapes on the walls. The machines beside Leo's bed hummed their quiet rhythm, each beep a cruel reminder of time passing without change. But something in the room felt different this morning. There was a shift, not big, but present. Matteo sensed it in the air, the same way one senses rain before it falls.Matteo stood by the bed, fingers brushing softly along Leo’s arm, just beneath the IV line. His heart had grown tired from hoping, but he hadn’t stopped. He couldn’t.Dominic was behind him, pacing slowly. His phone buzzed again, and he didn’t answer."It’s been four days," Matteo whispered.Dominic stopped. “I know.”Matteo turned toward him, his eyes glassy. “He should’ve woken up by now.”Dominic didn’t speak. Instead, he walked to Matteo and placed a steady hand on his back.Then the door opened. Dr. Rahman entered, a folder in hand, his face serious but calm. Matteo’s b
Burning empire Chapter 65: Stillness, And The Storm Within
Chapter 65: Stillness, and the Storm Within The soft hum of machines was the only sound in Leo’s hospital room. Outside, the city carried on in its usual rhythm, cars moving like blood through veins of streetlight. But inside these four walls, the air was too still, like everyone and everything had paused to wait for a single boy to open his eyes. Matteo sat at the side of the bed, one hand gently wrapped around Leo’s small fingers. Dominic stood near the window, arms crossed as he watched the boy sleep. Neither spoke for a while. Leo's lips were pale. His hair, usually wild and full of stubborn curls, had gone flat, pushed aside by days of lying still. The oxygen mask covered most of his small face. Matteo whispered, mostly to himself. “I’d give anything to see him smile again.” Dominic didn’t answer immediately. But he turned, his dark eyes catching Matteo's. “I know you would,” he said, walking slowly toward him. “You always do.” Matteo looked up, tired eyes flickering with
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