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Chapter 0596

Nina

The phone dropped out of Lori's hand with a clatter, and for a moment, I felt my heart drop.

As I looked at Lori, I began to fear the worst: that Jessica had died in the hospital. But when Lori uttered those words, I felt as if the world was tilting beneath my feet.

"It's Jessica," Lori said, her face slowly stretching into an incredulous, shocked smile. "She's awake."

I couldn't believe it. Just yesterday, the doctors had said that she had more internal bleeding. When I saw Jessica just a few hours ago in the middle of the night, she was practically on death's doorstep.

And my impromptu Claiming ceremony, my haphazard and last-minute attempt to tum Jessica into one of us in a desperate plea to save her life, hadn't worked. I could still feel her cold and limp hand in mine, could still see the bruises on her face and her poor body wrapped up in white casts.

It hadn't worked. Right?

I blinked, unable to process the information. This couldn't be some sort of joke, could it? Was I dreaming? "What... What do you mean, she's awake?" I stammered, taking a shaky step forward.

Lori's smile widened even more, and her joy was palpable, even from where I stood. "The doctor just called. Jessica had a major improvement during the night, and they're not sure how!" she exclaimed.

emotions any longer. Tears of joy streamed down my cheeks as I rushed forward and embraced Lori tightly, throwing my arms around her. "Oh, Lori, that's incredible!" I exclaimed, my voice choked with

incredible," Enzo

that moment, Lori leaned in closer, whispering in my ear. "Does he

didn't need to know. Not yet, at least. Not until we could see Jessica in person and

had a sudden and miraculous recovery, then that meant that my Claiming ritual on Jessica may have actually worked, despite my doubts. I had believed it to

couldn't tell Enzo about my attempt to Claim Jessica until I was certain. So, I decided to keep it between myself and Lori

and forth between Enzo and me. "I need to go to the hospital right now to see Jessica. Do you want to come, or are you in too much of a rush to leave?" she asked. "I understand

friend. But I couldn't go; not when I had thought that Jessica would have died only a few hours ago. "Enzo, I need to see her," I said, my voice almost pleading. "I can't just leave without seeing her

eyes filled with understanding." You know what? I'd like to see Jessica too," he admitted, his voice gentle.

just a little while longer. There was a newfound sense of joy in our hearts as the three of us piled into the truck, and

the hospital, we made our way to Jessica's room. The door was shut, and Lori hesitated, her hand on the

of my head. "You go first. You two should have some

the excited voices of my two friends. It brought tears to my eyes, and I turned to Enzo. He offered me a gentle smile and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. We made our way over to the window, where we could just barely see Jessica and Lori through the slats

was gripping Jessica's face,

Lori's shoulder's sagged with relief. They leaned closed and began

Enzo and I looked up to see a doctor in a