Tobias Vance had been rushed to Aegis Medical Center for treatment. Though fury still smoldered in Elias Vance's chest, what weighed on him more heavily was his father's injuries and his mother's wellbeing.
He flagged down a cab and headed straight for the hospital.
He hadn't slept since the previous day. Fatigue wasn't something that troubled him easily, not after a decade of war, but now that he'd finally found his parents, the iron tension he'd been carrying in his shoulders began to loosen, just slightly. The knowledge that they were alive, that they were close, allowed something human to resurface beneath the soldier's discipline.
The cab pulled up to Aegis Medical Center before long. Elias stepped out and rolled his shoulders once, loosening his joints with a subtle twist of his f
