Chapter 62 Shadows In The Light

• Ava’s POV
• The continuous beeping of the monitor was a brutal reminder of reality. I sat alongside Ava’s bed, my hand laying over hers, careful not to disrupt the IV line slithering into her arm. She was pallid, her breaths shallow yet constant. The wound had been worse than I’d imagined, and every second she hovered between life and death felt like an eternity.
• I’d failed her. I’d pledged to protect her, and yet here we were.