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The air outside the hospital feels different as soon as the doors slide open behind them—lighter somehow, almost unreal. Adeline walks beside Ronan in a quiet daze, the world around her muffled as though she’s underwater. Cars pass, people talk, the sky stretches blue and endless above them, but all she hears is the echo of one word.

Four.

Ronan doesn't hurry her. He walks at the same pace as always, his hands in his pockets, turning in her direction every few seconds with ...