26 Aisling
We had to wait three full days before Amelia woke up, which made us all worried because Doctor Baird had predicted that she would be conscious within the first two days.
But instead of that, my mother woke up first and we all sat solemnly beside Amelia’s hospital bed, waiting anxiously for her to regain consciousness.
And worse yet, when she woke up, Amelia was like a blank piece of paper. She saw us and recognized us, but she couldn’t smile and she couldn’t seem to express any emotions.
When Keane saw her, his first words were, “Oh, by the gods!”
Then he started apologizing. “I’m so sorry. I didn’t know. I didn’t realize.”
It took a lot of urging to get him out of his head and then he turned to us with red-rimmed eyes and explained that Amelia’s Annihilation magic was u
