جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 235

Lia’s POVMarco left for a while to go work with the police to find Rob. They put out a manhunt for him. Before he left, he turned to us in the waiting area and said in that steady voice of his, “I’m going to do everything I can to bring him in. You two stay here and be strong for Victor.” I nodded at him, but my throat felt too tight to say anything back. My hands were already twisting together in my lap, and I could feel the cold sweat on my palms. Dante just gave him a quick nod too, his jaw still tight from all the anger he was holding in. I could see the muscle twitching in his cheek. Marco’s shirt was still stained with Victor’s blood, dark red patches that had dried a little but still looked fresh enough to make my stomach twist every time I looked at it. It smelled a little too, that metallic scent mixing with the strong hospital antiseptic in the air. He walked away down the long hospital hallway, and I watched until he turned the corner and disappeared. The sound of his sho

Lia’s POVWe turned back to the glass window together. Victor was still lying there, so pale and still under all those bandages and wires. The machines kept beeping steadily beside his bed, one after the other, filling the silence. I leaned into Dante’s side and wrapped my arms around his waist, feeling the warmth of his body through his shirt. He pulled me close right away, his arm going around my shoulders again, holding me tight like he didn’t want to let go. We stood like that for a long time, just holding each other and watching the man we both loved fight for his life. The hospital sounds kept going around us—the beeping, the footsteps of nurses, the low voices of the doctors and nurses talking at their station—but in that moment, all I could really feel was Dante’s warmth next to me and the fear sitting heavy in my chest like a stone I couldn’t move.I closed my eyes for a second and sent another silent prayer up. Please let him be okay. Please let him wake up and come back to