Genevieve’s POVI didn’t know how long I knelt there. Time had no meaning in that room not when every breath André took sounded like a war cry, each ragged inhale a desperate claim on life, and every second Tex didn’t wake up felt like a slow, inevitable death. The air itself felt heavy, like grief had seeped into the walls and was pressing down on my shoulders, making it hard to breathe.The healer moved like a shadow, her steps silent yet purposeful as she hovered over André. Her hands were steady, practiced, but there was an urgency in the way her fingers worked, like she was holding back a storm only she could see. She’d drawn more blood, added another IV, whispered something in a language that prickled my skin, a tongue I didn’t recognize sharp syllables that felt older than the stones beneath us. Her shelves, once crowded with strange remedies and relics, were half-empty already. Bottles and roots lay scattered around her workspace, vials of silver-tinted liquid glinting under t
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