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Chapter 6

Author: A. Leilani
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Chapter 6: A Different Xenois

The hospital room was dimly lit, monitors beeping steadily beside the bed where Xenois lay, his head bandaged, an IV in his arm.

He looked smaller somehow and more vulnerable in a way I'd never thought I would associate with him.

The boys approached the bed cautiously, Troy reaching for my hand.

"Daddy?" Soren called softly.

Xenois's eyes opened slowly, unfocused at first, then focusing as recognition flashed through his eyes as they landed on the children

He smiled, at them as he looked at each of them tenderly.

"My boys," he murmured, his voice hoarse from tiredness. "Come here."

They moved forward eagerly then, their caution earlier forgotten after the explicit permission from their dad.

Xenois winced as they climbed onto the bed but he made no move to stop them, instead gathering them close with his uninjured arm.

"Careful," I warned, stepping forward getting in his line of vision. "Daddy's hurt."

Xenois looked up at me, and something in his eyes ma
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