Chapter 26: The Bonds That Bind
NICHOLAS
I stood at the end of the bed watching intently as my brother peacefully slept. Counting every breath, every upward movement of his chest as Gavin’s body took in the oxygen he needed for life, and every deflating movement downward as his breath exhaled proving to me that he was still living. The lid on the box had opened, revealing to me how much I still feared I would find my brother dead, even with the sign I had received telling me the opposite, while also overflowing within me was a sense of relief that the latter was our final outcome.
After helping us get Jace settled in the plush chair in the corner of her home, Lorelei promptly took Carson, Beast and I to Gavin’s bedside and explained his injuries. That is when the lid came flyi
