Third Person's POV
Seraphina reached out and gently took his trembling hand. "I know you want to avoid Mortimer and Edwin. It's okay that you didn't come by. I don't blame you."
Caldwell stared down at her fingers wrapped around his. The truth was right there on the tip of his tongue, but he choked it back at the last second.
Instead, he looked back up at her with a self-deprecating smile. "I guess I'm the fragile one here, needing you to comfort me."
Seraphina felt a rush of relief as he finally seemed to calm down.
She really couldn't understand why he was so worked up over missing a few visits to the Healing Center. He was acting as if he had caused the crash himself.
Mortimer stood silently outside the hospital room.
With a wolf's sharp senses, he easily picked up on the heavy s
