Chapter 332\u00a0<\/p>\n
Athena\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHis Alpha healing\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMight not be enough!\u201d I was shouting again, not caring anymore. \u2018You keep saying that like it\u2019s some guarantee but it\u2019s not. Sometimes injuries are too severe. Sometimes even Alphas don\u2019t fully recover.\u201d I didn\u2019t complete my sentence but I know he knew what I was thinking, our dad\u2019s were Aphas. But they\u00a0<\/p>\n
didn\u2019t survive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orion\u2019s silence was answer enough. He knew I was right.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I took a shaky breath, trying to calm down. Getting angry at Orion wasn\u2019t helping and it wasn\u2019t right. He wasn\u2019t the enemy here. He was just trying to protect me, protect the babies, protect our secret.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But god,\u00a0<\/p>\n
was hard to be rational when the man I loved was fighting for his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I need to do something,\u201d I said more quietly. \u201cI can\u2019t just sit in that waiting room pretending I\u2019m okay with letting human medicine handle this. I\u2019m not okay with it. I won\u2019t be okay with it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d He sighed, running a hand through his hair. \u201cBelieve me, Athena, if there was a safe way for you to help him, I\u2019d be all for it. But this, using your powers in a hospital full of humans, it\u2019s too dangerous.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what then? We just hope for the best?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018We trust the doctors. We wait. And when he\u2019s stable enough, we can transfer him somewhere more private, somewhere\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat could take days. Weeks. You\u2019re asking me to watch him suffer when I could end it right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
you could\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m asking you to be smart!\u201d His patience was wearing thin, I could hear it in his voice. \u201cTo think about more than just right now. Yes, you could probably heal him. But at what cost? Your safety? The babies\u2018 safety? Our entire community\u2019s safety?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTristan is part of our community,\u201d I shot back. \u201cHe\u2019s your best friend, Orion. Or have you forgotten that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words hit him, I could see it in his face. The way his jaw tightened, his eyes hardened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think I\u2019m not torn up about this?\u201d His voice was low, dangerous. \u201cYou think I\u2019m not terrified for him too? He\u2019s like a brother to me, Athena. Has been since we were kids. I love him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen let me save him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I can\u2019t. Not if it means potentially losing you in the process. Not if it means risking those babies.\u201d He stepped closer, his hands on my shoulders, forcing me to look at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI love Tristan, but I love you more. You\u2019re my sister. If I had to choose between his life and yours, I\u2019m choosing yours every single time. If I was in that position too, I wouldn\u2019t want you to risk your life for me. I\u2019ll choose you always.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words should have been comforting. Should have made me feel loved and protected. Instead, they just made me angry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t get to make that choice for me,\u201d I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
7:03 pm\u00a0<\/p>\n
PPP M\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 332\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLike hell I don\u2019t. You\u2019re carrying two babies, Athena. You\u2019re not thinking clearly\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Don\u2019t you dare tell me I\u2019m not thinking clearly!\u2018 I shoved his hands off my shoulders. \u201cI\u2019m thinking perfectly clearly. Clearer than you, apparently, show you\u2019re willing to let Tristan die to protect some hypothetical fisk.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not hypothetical. The risk is real. And I\u2019m not willing to gamble with your life or those babies\u2018 lives, not even for Tristan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
We stared at each other, the tension thick between us. I\u2019d never been this angry at Orion before. We fought sometimes, all siblings did, but never like this. But I\u2019ve never raised my voice at him, none I can remember.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve always respected him. Always.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I need to do this,\u201d I said quietly. \u201cI need to at least try.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I can\u2019t let you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t stop me either.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAthena\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d I stepped back, putting distance between us. \u201cYou can guard that hospital room all you want, but I\u2019ll find a way. I\u2019ll sneak in at night, I\u2019ll wait until you fall asleep, I\u2019ll do whatever it takes. So you can either help me find a safe way to do this, or you can watch me do it the dangerous way. Your choice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stared at me for a long moment, and I could see the conflict in his eyes. The worry. The frustration. The understanding that I meant every word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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