“Olivia?” Mason was rubbing soothing circles on her back. “Come on. Wake up, Darling. There is someone here to see you.” She groaned at the intrusion of the peaceful sleep. “I know you’re tired, but you took a turn during the night.” His gentle prodding had no effect on her battered body. Everything hurt; every muscle, every bone, and every nerve. Since he brought her back to his apartment last night, the throwing up had started as soon as they got inside and hadn’t stopped until the early hours of the morning. The incessant sheen of sweat was like a second skin by now. The trembling was the worst for her, aching muscles would spasm under the persistent juddering of her tired body.
This here was the first proper rest her body had consented to, and she was taking it.
“She might be too w
