CONNOR
“CONNOR!”
I jolted awake, feeling my heart thunder in my chest. Why was someone screaming my name? Why was that voice so similar to … what was all that noise?
As soon as I realized what was going on in front of me, everything clicked.
Lily was shaking me with one hand, holding a crying, desperate Evan with the other: both their faces were red and blotched, wet with tears – but while he was screaming, she was shaking in fear.
Fuck.
I instantly took the baby from her arms, and I didn’t even need to ask her anything. His burning skin against mine told me all I needed to know.
“He … he’s sick, he won’t stop crying, he’s burning hot …” Lily stammered, stumbling over her words.
She was completely panicking, every drop of rationality gone: in that moment, I thanked the Goddes
