“Aiden,” I began, tugging at his sleeves. “Look at her! Look at how she’s staring, something isn’t right! Something is—“
Aiden turned and I followed his gaze, my heart sinking when I caught the pitiful look on Elena’s face.
“No, she was smiling!” I pushed Aiden, stumbling forward as the doctors tried to hold me back. “She was smiling, Aiden! I’m sure she’s hiding something!”
“Emmaline,” Aiden grabbed me, his eyes softening as they locked with mine.
“Please, calm down. You’re losing a lot of blood, just, focus on me, okay, and…”
I didn’t hear the end of his sentence because dark spots appeared at the corner of my eyes and I slumped against Aiden.
The entire time, I kept repeating the same thing in my head.
Something was wrong. Very wrong.
When I woke up, it was to soft beeping
