Chapter 71 She's Gone

• REIKA'S POV
• Father had told me Apollo wouldn’t wake quickly. The antidote needed time, days, perhaps, to burn through the poison coursing in his veins. I wanted to stay by his side, to hold his hand until he opened his eyes again, but Father’s words weighed heavily on me.
• “My little moonlight,” he said, his voice firm but gentle, “your mate will live. Trust me. But while he rests, we cannot delay any longer. The