Chapter 74

Author POV

The room felt colder after Cora left.

Aston lay back against the pillows, his eyes fixed on the door long after it had closed behind her. The machines continued their steady beeping, but something inside him felt off—restless, unsettled.

Sloane noticed.

Her grip on his hand tightened again, this time not out of concern but irritation.

“You’re awake,” she said sharply. “And the first thing you do is stare after her like that?”

Aston finally looked at her, ...