Chapter 206

Elodie's POV

The antiseptic smell of the hospital room felt like a physical weight, pressing against my lungs.

I kept my forehead pressed to Kiernan’s, the steady, rhythmic beep-beep-beep of the heart monitor the only thing keeping my own pulse from spiraling into a dangerous rhythm.

"Don't do that," I choked out, my voice muffled by the thin hospital blanket. "Don't ever apologize for someone el