Once the broken tooth was extracted from Mace’s arm and the healing paste was applied, Mace’s temperature broke. He was moved into a recovery room across the hall from Anna. The sheer size of their medical wing was impressive. It made Jessica wonder how often someone got hurt, needing an operating room and recovery rooms. Something told her, people got hurt often in their line of work.
Harmony provided Jessica with instructions for dressing his wounds. Everything from earlier today seemed like a distant memory. She sat at his bedside blotting his forehead with a cool rag. Even if he didn’t need it, she felt the need to care for him – to feel useful.
For the first time, everything felt right. As confusing as the past few days have been, she was calm. She felt she was in the right place at
