I woke up in Callum's private clinic, in the top-floor VIP suite, surrounded by the best medical team money could assemble. Callum himself was personally monitoring the cardiac readings, not trusting anyone else to do it. I felt like myself again. I pushed myself upright. Ethan was on the sofa with his head in both hands, fingers pushed deep into his hair, shoulders barely moving. Adrian stood at the window, phone still in hand, working through call after call. Rex had shed his coat and stood with both hands in his pockets, expression hard and resolved. Callum sat beside the bed, eyes fixed on my test results without blinking. When I sat up, all four of them looked at me at the same time. "You're awake." I nodded and reached out to each of them in turn, a light touch on the arm or

