or, Avah saw the interior of the

oom was an elderly British man

ecting several high-end private nurses as they

slammed into Avah's brain. Her suspicions were conf

upted from the inner bedroom. It was followed b

maternal instinct took over. She pushed the heavy

ntrusion, but he quickly bowed his head

thrashing wildly on the massive king-sized b

e of the fire. His small hands clawed at the air,

tightly together. He reached out with his large hands, trying t

ard. The forceful restraint only made Leo s

ain in her ankle, Avah threw h

s and the boy's thrashing form. Using her own body as a soft barrier, she gently but firmly wedged herself in

ibly gentle voice, she began to hum an o

rhythmic circles, calming him do

athed in Avah's scent, his frantic scre

ah's hospital gown. He buried his wet

, he sat perfectly still, his deep blue eyes intensel

and and flicked his fingers. Arthur and the nurses i

head down, completely focused on soo

vision accidentally caught sight of Atticu

s rolled up slightly, exposing a sec

inside of his arm, was a ma

, a clear sign that his flesh had recentl

ly flashed back to the towering figure in the inferno

s darted frantically between Atticus's c

r from the fire, the man who had nearly de

ashed into Avah's chest. The thick walls

ull his sleeve down to hide the injury.

r of his mouth, like a predator watchi

in her arms, but Avah suddenly felt like al