Chapter 123 It's Okay To Cry

• SERA
• Only the faint beeping of the heart monitor and the slow hiss of oxygen broke the silence. I sat curled in the chair by my husband's bedside, my hands resting over the swell of my belly. Every now and then, I glanced at the bandage wrapped around his head, the bruises marring his skin, and the dried blood they hadn't been able to scrub completely away.
• Killian looked small. Lying there against the white sheets, his skin pale and his chest rising shallowly, he seemed... breakable.