A World Apart

POV: Paige

The blinding, harsh glare of the fluorescent overhead lights flickered to life with a loud, mechanical click, instantly shattering the heavy, charged intimacy wrapping around the hospital bed. I blinked against the sudden brightness, my heart still hammering a frantic rhythm against my ribs as heavy footsteps stormed into the room.

Damon’s two friends had returned. The younger one, M