Aden Clarkson
Aden calls her name softly, but she doesn't respond.
Her heartbeat, erratic and fast, thumps in his ears, and her eyes move under her lids. Taking a deep breath, he drinks in her mounting fear, which now mingles with his.
I shouldn't have left her alone in the room, he things to himself, I should've waited for Logan to arrive.
His top priority should've been Sophia's safety. Back at the bookstore, he couldn't done any number of things to safeguard her - kept her concealed until helped arrive, taken beast form and flew out a window with her in his arms, but he didn't do either of those things, and now, as a result, she occupies a hospital bed.
Dr. Marks, the emergency room physician in the room, moves closer to her, holding something in his hand.
"What is that?" Aden ke
