But he didn't show it.Instead, he reached out and gently took her hand, careful not to disturb the IV line."Five days," Melina whispered. Her voice was barely audible. "Five days and three extractions at the second facility. I thought I was going to die here. I thought I was never going to see you again.""Never," Alaric said. His grip on her hand tightened. "You're never going to be separated from us again. We have you now. And we're going to take you home and we're going to make sure you recover completely."The medical team began the process of transferring her from the transport unit to the emergency medical vessel that had been prepared. They moved with practiced precision, maintaining her IV lines, keeping her stable, ensuring that the transfer didn't cause any additional trauma to her already compromised body.Aiden was at her other side, his dark eyes tracking her vitals."Blood pressure is 105 over 65," he said, reading from the portable monitoring equipment. "Heart rate is
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