The Healing Vigil

Thalia

By late afternoon the next day, the heavy silence inside the medical suite had grown thick enough to choke on.

"Why don't you step outside for a bit of air, Alpha? Getting out of this room might do your spirits some good," I offered in a quiet voice.

Kaelen pulled himself upright from where he had been slumped in the bedside chair, blinking as focus returned to his tired face. He dragged