Ethan POV

The door clicks shut behind Niel and Alice.

When everything returns to silence...

Grace stares at me. "Ethan? What—"

Her eyes widen. Her nostrils flare.

"Did Ellen just—" She sits up straighter. "Did he mark the room?"

Heat floods my face. "He's been going crazy. I couldn't stop him."

"He marked my hospital bed?" Her voice pitches higher. "Like—territory marking?"

"Yes."

Then Grace laughs. The sound bursts out of her, ...