Tension filled the room, everyone holding their breath until Doc Cassandra broke the silence, “I don’t know the extent of what she’s been through. Her body... It’s reacting to something beyond physical wounds. I have never seen anything like this.”
A sterile silence filled the hospital room, the sharp scent of antiseptics heavy in the air. Shadows danced cautiously on the eggshell white walls, a canvas for the frantic beeping of the medical apparatus surrounding Lila’s fragile form. The harsh fluorescent lights overhead cast an unforgiving glow on the sea of concerned faces gathered around the bed, where starched linen sheets seemed too coarse for the delicate skin they enveloped.
Gabriel’s voice cracked with desperation and regret as he spoke. “There has to be something we can do! You n
