Chapter 141: The Wait

LUMINA

I paced the sterile hospital corridor like a caged wolf, my bare feet making soft slapping sounds against the cold linoleum floor. Every muscle in my body was tightened from anxiety, my hands clenched into fists at my sides as I fought the overwhelming urge to burst through those doors and see what was happening to my son.

The silence from Ollie's room was loud which made my heart skip a beat or four.

There were no monitors beeping, no voices calling out instructions, nothing but an eerie quiet that made my skin crawl with dread.

I'd been banished from my own child's bedside, and...