Cadeon

I start getting dressed in the clothes I've been provided and Lili shoots me a bewildered look as she heads toward the door.

"What are you doing?"

"If you think I'm going to sit by and wait to be saved, you're mistaken. I'm perfectly alright—I'll go with you."

Her eyes bulge. She's still hyperventilating from our make-out session. "What? Cadeon, you can't possibly be serious. What? You're not well enough to go anywhere. You have to be resting."

"I'm fine."

"Cadeon—"

I close the ...