Adrian's Pov
The engine roared to life as George pulled the car out of the hospital driveway and onto the main road leading toward the central police precinct. Rain had begun to fall, smearing the streetlights into blurred streaks of yellow and white against the dark windshield.
I sat in the front passenger seat, leaning my head back against the leather headrest. My eyes burned with tiredness. Between the flight back from my business trip, the incident with the snow globe, the funeral prep, and now this, I hadn't had a full night of sleep in days. But my mind refused to settle. Every time I closed my eyes, I didn't see anything other than Thalia.
I saw her stumbling back from me in that hospital corridor, her face flushing red, her chest heaving as she pulled my suit jacket around her
