Present Day
Kaitlin’s POV
Mato adjusted Ryland gently to sit him upright as the shaking stopped. Ryland gasps awake and leans forward vomiting black bile. I jump back and so does Sophie and she looks at him worried. Snapping her fingers, the vomit disappears, and she leans down, taking his face in her hands with such gentleness. She brushes his hair back and when Ryland groans, she lets out a sigh of relief.
She keeps brushing back his hair and Mato is looking at her stunned. “Alpha Black Hawk, are you with us?” She says and he moans back, “Blayn water please.” He grabs a water bottle from a cooler and hands it to her. Mato helps her give Ryland water and he smacks his lips as if he’s parched.
“Thank you both, I can hear Kene’e, but he is weak.” He lets his head fall back against Ma
