Perpendicular Agony

Alpha Martinez

Although they have just wheeled my mate into the operating room, it feels as if they have been in there for too long.

Something tells me that things are not going to end well for me. I have had this ominous hunch since the doctors took my mate into the operating theatre. Although I am trying to be strong for her sake, deep inside, I am breaking apart. When will all these problems end? Why should it always be my mate who gets dealt the worst cards of fate?

When I could still hear her screams, I was agonized but still hopeful. However, when they took her into the operating room and her screams ceased, a certain fear engulfed me. There was solace in hearing her screams.

The waiting game is unsettling. None of us has said a word to the other. We are all engrossed in our own thoughts. Sapphire has been pacing up and down chanting softly in her weird language. Only the goddess knows what she is doing. I have a feeling she is praying for May in her own way.

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