27Alex stayed in her own room while she continued to recover, with the healer visiting on the hour to check on her progress. Treyan remained by her side throughout the day and well into the evening, insisting on being there when she woke. The Councillor continued to assure him that she would be fine, though shaken as could be expected, and both she and the unborn twins would survive.
Treyan knew he could only help with her physical ailments. The emotional scars—those would be Alex's to heal. It was a harsh realization that no matter how much he wanted to make her better, to take her pain away, he would never be able to reverse the actuality of what happened to her.
Of what his brother did to her…
As he sat by her bedside, he considered what he would say to her once she awoke. He knew he
