Nathan’s POV

It had been three days. Three long, agonizing days since Adina had been rushed into surgery, three days of silence, worry, and whispered prayers that seemed to echo unanswered in the cold walls of the hospital.

Now, sitting by her bedside, I watched her lying still beneath the pale sheets, her eyes fixed on the ceiling. The sunlight streaming through the blinds brushed her face, but it didn’t reach her eyes. They were distant, empty, like she was trapped somewhere far away, ...