Exton

Hours later Rowan pulls off her gown and gloves, tossing them in a garbage bag. She stretches, the muscles in her back and neck tight and sore after the lengthy surgery.

“You should take a break. We have done all that we can.” Mortuis joins her, removing his own gown.

“Not yet. I need to make sure he is settled properly and then explain to his family......” Rowan starts ticking off things in her head that she needed to check on. Mortuis knew from the look on her face she would not rest until she felt her patient safe.

Rowan slowly climbs the stairs, in no hurry to see the pain she knew she was going to see on the faces of Tannrs loved ones.

She stops first to check on her patient. Silk was adding another bag to the IV pump and Alise was shooing the sylphs out of the room.

“I am amazed he has survived this far...” Rowan shakes her head. “If that treatment for the poison doesnt work...” Rowan shakes her head then checks all the machines, making sure all the proper medications are running and that Tannrs vital signs are stable.

Alise gently hooks her arm in Rowans. “It has to work. It just has to. I cannot bear to think what Tori would do if anything were to happen to Tannr."

Quietly opening the door to the library Rowan takes in the scene before her. Stoney and Erik were pacing and trying hard to look like they werent. Stoney would glance at his sister every few seconds, worried about her silence. Tori sat in the window sill, twisting the engagement ring Tannr had given her around her finger. Ky sat near Raina, her arm around her shoulders. Erik and Gunnar were recovering from donating more blood than they should have been allowed to.  

Goddess, give me the words to instill hope and comfort....and give us all strength to help Tannr through this...