Kael's POV

“Alicia?” Aaron’s narrowed stare stayed on me as he staggered back a foot after I dropped his collar.

That snapped my mind back, and I dragged my eyes from his questioning ones briefly, and when he just stilled to a spot, watching me, I snapped hard at him. “Just save her, dammit.”

He staggered back from me, and quickly, he moved to her, his nurses gathering around him, one of them holding a tray with sterilized surgical tools. I stood back, my body quivering against the ...