A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Hudson had seemed perfectly fine at first, but just as they reached the hospital entrance, he suddenly swayed and collapsed, completely out of control.

Calliope's heart jumped into her throat. Instinctively, she caught Hudson before he hit the ground, his limp body falling right into her arms.

"Hudson!" she called, panic rising in her voice. She called his name again, already checking his pulse.

Nothing. He was out cold-like someone had just flipped a switch.

Calliope's face went pale. If the tumor had only affected his brain, he shouldn't have gone down like this. Something else had to be going on.

Without hesitating, Calliope started to shift her grip, ready to pick Hudson up and find a wheelchair so she could rush him in for a more thorough checkup.

But as she reached for him, a strong hand landed gently on her shoulder.

"Let me help," came a familiar voice.

Startled, Calliope looked up-and there he was. Silas, with that handsome face she knew so well.

blurted out, shocked. "What are you doing

"Work trip. One of my buddies wasn't feeling well, so I dropped by the hospital to check in.

he spoke, Silas already had Hudson effortlessly scooped up in his arms. Hudson looked big and broad, but illness had whittled him down-he was

wheelchair, and with Silas's help, they got Hudson settled and wheeled straight to

doctor rushed into

but the brain tumor shouldn't have done this at least, not yet. I'm worried there's something else," Calliope explained, her

doesn't make sense for him to faint like that," the doctor said, already prepping for scans. "Let's

Calliope's side, giving her space but never leaving her completely alone. When he had to take a call, he stepped away to avoid

every possibility as they

wait, the results came in—and

looked even grimmer. "This can't be

Hudson's case had already been complicated, but this changed

last scans, was it?" she asked, turning to the

“We did a full workup just a month ago. There was no sign of this. The tumor's growing at a frightening speed-I didn't expect