Dangerous Truths

CASSIAN POV

I'd been sitting here for six hours.

Watching Enzo breathe.

Watching his chest rise and fall.

Terrified each breath would be his last..

I held his hand. Cold. Too cold for someone alive.

"Come on Enzo. Wake up. I need you to wake up."

Nothing.

"I can't do this without you. I can't—"

A cough. Small. Wet.

My head snapped up.

"Enzo?"

Another cough. His eyes fluttered.

"Enzo. Can you hear