Ethan’s POV
A hospital gown.
In seven years, I have never seen Sora in a hospital gown. At home she wears cashmere sweaters. At the hospital she wears that white nurse's uniform. Sora doesn't let herself become a patient. Sora never lets herself look like she needs to be taken care of.
That's not her.
My wolf moves a third time. He claws at me. He wants me to look.
Lyra coughs against my chest. Her legs give a little. She tilts sideways.
Alpha instinct is direct. It doesn't pass through thought.
She's inhaled ten times more smoke than I have. Her lips are turning purple. If I wait, this gets bad.
I scoop her up. I move.
On the way to the exit, the figure in the hospital gown is still leaning against the wall. Her hair is down. It covers half her face. She's shouting something. The
