(Important notice: the chapter before this was edited because I didn't put the complete chapter so yeah you can go back to read it, sorry about that (༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ) Thank you.)
ARIA
I should've known.
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I'd felt it coming. That burst of energy these last two days, the way I'd danced, laughed, clung to him like the world might end… I'd known my body would punish me for it. But I didn't regret it. Not one second. I'd been happy... genuinely happy... for the first time in so long. And if the price was this fever, then fine. I'd pay it.
The door creaked open, and the doctor strode in with Niko right behind him. Kael didn't move an inch from my side, one hand still cupping mine against the sheets, his shoulders squared like he'd kill the man if he so much as breathed wrong.
