She blinked once, and then her eyelids drooped shut. Reid, Manon, Tessa, and I all deflated with disappointment, my own shoulders drooping, a sigh escaping my lips.
But then her eyes fluttered open once more. Cujo lifted his head from the mattress and licked her cheek. She blinked. She blinked again. Her tired eyes flicked to the right, and she focused on Cujo.
Confusion flitted across her features, and it quickly morphed into bewilderment.
“C-Cujo?” she asked. Her voice was impossibly hoarse and weak.
Cujo whined slightly and he gently nudged her bruised jaw with his nose. Grady’s face scrunched up and her eyes became watery. The tears quickly spilled over, streaming down her cheeks. Cujo leaned his massive head on her shoulder. Grady squeezed her eyes shut and a sob wracked her frail
