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.

hands reached for Emily’s finger,

of relief was short–lived because, though Emily had survived the

exhausted. “She’s stable for now, but.” He trailed off, looking from Alexander

what he was about to say next.

gathered haven’t come up with anything

silence confirmed Emma’s worst

under her. Ethan’s small arms wrapped

path ahead now was no