Elena’s POV
My heart lurched painfully at the healer’s words.
“Illness?” I whispered.
Ivy was ill? My daughter was sick? With what?
Kade didn’t seem to hear me speak, and if he did, he ignored me outright. Lips pressed into a thin line, he quickly followed the healer into the hallway, leaving me momentarily alone with Serena and Debbie. Serena wrinkled her nose at me and gave me a disdainful look before turning with a hmph and storming out, chin raised.
I rushed after her, but not because of her. I didn’t give a flying f**k about Serena right now; if my daughter was ill, then I wanted to know every detail. I would do anything to check on Ivy. Anything.
“...Her lungs simply can’t support enough oxygen intake,” the healer was saying quietly. “We’ve tried everything, but her asthma is w
