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.

shocked. "What are

One of my buddies wasn't feeling well, so I

Silas already had Hudson effortlessly scooped up in his arms. Hudson looked big and broad, but illness

help, they got Hudson settled and wheeled

rushed into action, ordering a

this at least, not yet. I'm

him to faint like that,"

space but never leaving her completely alone. When he had to take a call, he stepped

and the doctor dove into the tests, discussing every possibility as they watched Hudson undergo the

tense wait, the results

looked even grimmer. "This can't be happening," he muttered. "The tumor's

already

the last scans, was it?"

his head. “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 this at