Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 189

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After what felt like an eternity, the heavy double doors of the operating room finally swung open. A team of tired surgeons and nurses emerged, wheeling in a hospital bed whereupon lay Emily, connected to dozens of wires and tubes, her small body looking impossibly fragile against the white sheets.

Emma and Alexander scrambled forward, both their breaths catching in their throats as they scrambled to her side.

“Emily,” Emma whispered, shaking wildly as she swept a trembling hand across her pale child’s face. Her skin was clammy to the touch; her lips had a faint shade of blue. Emma’s heart clenched painfully.

and unreadable, was a man undone. His hands reached for Emily’s finger, his

was short–lived because, though Emily had survived the surgery, the

“She’s stable for now, but.” He trailed off, looking from Alexander to Emma. “Her condition is still

well what he

he gathered haven’t come up with anything

confirmed Emma’s worst

under her. Ethan’s small arms

was no less dark