“Too tired to talk,” she croaked out as she tried to sink into her bed further. She considered maybe the exhaustion she had been feeling when she first woke was a warning sign of something worse to come. She felt like hell.
“I need you to try to sit up. You’re soaked to the skin.”
“Shh.” She protested as Liev’s hand touched her face. She was feeling quite sweaty. She was not interested in sitting up or getting changed. It felt like they were activities which would require far more energy than she possessed.
“You weren’t this hot when I left this morning.”
“She’s been sleeping all morning, Dad. I thought she was being cranky. I didn’t know she was sick,” Hadlee’s voice whispered. “Is she okay?”
“Briar, look at me.” Liev ordered her.
She tried to get her eyes to open but they felt weig
