JUNIPER
I followed Ethan out of the bathroom, so we could check on Axel. He had been moved to the couch, and his torso was wrapped in clean, white bandages. His eyes were closed, but his chest rose and fell at a steady pace. He didn’t appear to be in any pain, and he was still alive.
Ethan crossed the room and approached the doctor. They spoke in hushed tones, but there were other voices that caught my attention. Nathan and Asher stood in the corner of the room, talking to each other.
I should have expected Ethan to call them. Axel was their brother, and he was gravely injured. His brothers deserved to know what was going on.
Yet, the sight of Asher made my chest tighten. The last I had seen him was when I got onto the motorcycle with Axel, breaking up with him in the process. So much
