At the hospital, no matter how much she pleaded, the doctors would not allow her to follow them into the treatment room. With all the blood on Hunter’s body, they assumed the worst about his injuries. One doctor even told the nurses to prepare the operation room. Helplessly, Birdie watched hurried nurses and doctors go in and out of the room with hopeless looks on their faces. The situation seemed to be completely dire and complicated. Even though she was surrounded by some of her betas and gammas, she felt alone, so helplessly alone. Inside, it felt as if she was walking blindly through a dark tunnel with broken glass just piercing into her feet over and over, reminding her not to forget her pain and fear even for a second. She walked away from the group of people that was there as he

