Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 338

I saw how worried she was.

III take care of Blaine. Don't worry about it. I'm already putting things in place." I crossed back to her and

brushed a thumb across

her cheek.

"Soon," I promised, "he won't be a problem anymore."

Her shoulders sagged just a little, but she nodded.

"Don't forget, baby..." I saids I backed toward the door. "Stay in the house, okay?"

As soon as I stepped into the hospital, the first person I went to see was the doctor. He told me that there

was no improvement in Norlan's condition yet."

That was all he said. He didn't sound hopeful or anything.

No encouragement? No "we're trying this, or there's still hope"?

Just that?

And I was meant to hold onto it?

Fuck.

When I reached Norlan's room, I paused outside the door. My hand hovered over the handle.

His mother was here.

She was sitting by his bedside with her fingers wrapped around his limp hand, her head bowed, as she cried quietly.

I felt guilty. This was all my fault. What the hell would I tell Freya?

I pushed the door open as gently as I could, and Freya immediately turned to see who it was.

"My Norlan..." she whispered, stumbling toward me, "I don't want to lose him, Kester..." My presence se

She wrapped her arms around my waist, sobbing into my chest.

Mrs. Freya still looked really young despite her age. One would think she was only in her mid-thirties.

! to intensify her grief.

I held her tightly, placing one hand at the small of her back, with the other cradling the back of her head as I whispered into her hair.

"Norlan will be fine," I said, forcing my voice not to shake. "He's a fighter, Freya. He'll come back to us."

the back of my mind told me otherwise. Because right now, she needed something. And I had nothing else to

and the sight

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saw how

about it. I'm already putting things in place." I crossed

her cheek.

I promised, "he won't be a problem

shoulders sagged just a little,

I backed toward the door. "Stay in the

person I went to see

in Norlan's

said. He didn't sound hopeful

"we're trying this, or there's still

Just that?

was meant

Fuck.

I reached Norlan's room, I paused outside the door. My hand hovered over the

His mother was here.

by his bedside with her fingers wrapped around his limp hand, her head bowed, as she

This was all my fault. What the hell

I could, and Freya immediately turned

don't want to lose him,

wrapped her arms around my waist, sobbing into my

her age.

one hand at the small of her back, with

hair.

forcing my voice not to shake. "He's a

if a voice at the back of my mind told

stepped closer to Norlan's bed, and the sight of

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tubes,

was already pale, and Tris lips looked

didn't look like

stung the sides of my eyes. But I blinked them away quickly. Freya didn't need to see that.

hands down my face and forced myself

the next two hours,

monitors to his face over and over again, like

change... Maybe we'd see his fingers

open.

phone rang, shattering the

glanced at the screen, and my heart jumped into my throat when

screen.

Shit.

quickly, muttering an apology to Freya, and slipped