VIVIAN
The doctor hesitated, his eyes shifting to Mrs. Anderson, then back to me.“You have Asteron Syndrome.”
“What?”
The words hit me like a freight train.
Asteron Syndrome? The same illness Jack had been fighting for years? The same illness that took Lily’s life?
My chest tightened. I couldn’t breathe."No," I whispered, shaking my head.
"That can't be true..."
But the look on the doctor’s face told me otherwise.
“You’ve shown early symptoms,” he continued. “The nosebleeds, dizziness… it all lines up.”
I felt the room spin, my body growing weak like the air had been sucked out of me.
Asteron Syndrome?
It didn’t make sense. It was genetic. Hereditary. I wasn’t related to Jack or Lily.
How could this be happening to me?
I turned slowly, my eyes locking onto Mrs. Anderson. He
