Amelia’s POV
For a long moment, while everyone in the room seemed to hold their breath, nothing happened. We could have heard a pin drop in the room for how quiet it was.
Another beat passed, and the confidence I had felt in the cure started to wane.
We truly hadn’t had enough time for testing. Perhaps it truly hadn’t been enough to save Ethan, as far along as his condition was. I had to have taken the chance, given the circumstances, with him flat-lining on the exam table, but maybe there was more I could have done.
If he died here…
Suddenly, Ethan jolted forward and he gasped, sucking in a sharp breath. The heart monitor machine returned to life once more, beeping in tandem with a steady heartbeat.
I allowed myself one moment of disbelief, thinking perhaps I was dreaming.
But the
