LUTHER

I couldn't push Ruby any further, so I had to give in and give her some space to calm down. Still in a different ward in the hospital, I entered Zoey's room.

Zoey had been trying to open a mind link with me, asking me to meet her. "Luther?" she asked, her cheerful face looking at me. She was in bed, with bruises starting to appear on her face and other parts of her body.

“How’s the wound?” I asked the nurse who had just poured Zoey a glass of water on the nightstand.

"I'm taking ...