For a moment, there was only silence. The room was still.
And then, like a spark in the darkness, there was a soft, hoarse chuckle.
"You'd really do all that, huh?"
Meredith's head snapped up, her tear-filled eyes widening as she stared at him. Magnus's lips twitched into a crooked smile, his eyes barely open. “Little Wolf…”
Meredith's heart soared as she threw her arms around him again. "Magnus!"
Damien and Xavier, who had been standing in the doorway, let out breaths they hadn't realized they were holding. Both of them stepped forward, grins spreading across their faces as the tension in the room broke.
"You scared the hell out of us, you i***t," Xavier muttered as he approached the bed.
Damien knelt beside Meredith, his hand resting gently on her back. "You'r
