Last Resort

CADE

The hospital room is quiet when I walk in. Daphne is awake, but she looks like a ghost.

Dark circles sit heavy under her eyes, and her lips are cracked and colourless. The hospital gown hangs off her thin frame, and her wrists are wrapped in thick white bandages.

She turns her head slowly when she hears the door, and for a second, relief flashes across her face.

"Cade..." Her voice is