Kael?

“Sneaking?” Mom's eyebrow shot up, and she looked at me, her expression shifting from amusement to profound confusion.

A surge of adrenaline shot through me, burning through the fog of medication and pain.

I tried to push myself up, my muscles screaming in protest.

The sudden movement sent a wave of dizziness over me, making the heart monitor beside my bed screech in alarm.

“Angie, no!” Mom cried out, rushing to my side.

“Lie back down!” Dr. Liana ordered, her professional calm cracking.

Allison was at my side in an instant, his teasing forgotten, his hands hovering, ready to catch me if I fell. “Are you trying to reopen...