From the moment the physician set foot into Simon’s room, time seemed to stop. Sapiens sank in a corner in the dark hallway outside, living and reliving the past half hour of his life, Prince Shayne’s occasional remarks on Simon’s status the only thing breaking that vicious cycle.
Annabelle stepped out of her room at some point and stood beside her father, who was still as a statue as he stood in the doorway to his son’s room. Sapiens wanted to provide comfort, but he had none to give. He’d never considered Simon much of a brother but rather more of a relative that happened to grow up in the same place as he did. But now …
Time stretched on and on, mocking them, taunting their titles and their powers. The ache in Sapiens’s arm and hand grew dull and familiar as he sat there, hoping for g
