Back from the Brink

Valerie’s POV

For a long moment, while everyone in the room seemed to hold their breath, nothing happened. We could have heard a pin drop in the room for how quiet it was.

Another beat passed, and the confidence I had felt in the cure started to wane.

We truly hadn’t had enough time for testing. Perhaps it truly hadn’t been enough to save Garrick, as far along as his condition was. I had to have t