“Eric...” a soft voice woke him with a start.
Eric looked around and at the door as he wondered who had called him, that’s when he felt Marine’s fingers twitching in his fist. Astonished, he shifted his gaze from her fingers to her face, before realising it was Marine who had been calling out to him.
“Marine!” he leaned over and noticed her batting her lashes as she whispered his name again. Running his hands over her face he noticed the drop in her temperature and broke into a smile. He raised her eyelids and this time heaved a deep sigh of relief, seeing her pupils back in their positions.
The vaccine had successfully worked on her. Her fever had disappeared and so had her pain. She had snapped out of her unconscious state and appeared to be dreaming about something. Eric couldn’t co
