Unexpected Blessing

Cassian.

The surgery was successful, at least that was what it looked like. An unexplainable amount of relief flooded through me as Nadia was wheeled out of the operating room. The doctor called me aside as the nurses took her to a ward.

"Don't tell me something went wrong," I said, trying to hide my panic as I searched his face. "Is she okay?"

He stared at me with a blank expression, and with eve