Fever

"No!"

Lyra's loud shout woke up Noah who was sleeping beside her. He frowned and looked down at Lyra mumbling in her sleep.

Her eyebrows were tightly knit in agony with sweat covering her entire face. She breathed heavily and looked like someone in pain.

"Baby dove?" Noah held her trembling figure in his arms and called her softly making sure to not startle her.

Whereas Lyra continued to mumble painfully in her sleep "Please...don't go". Her voice was laced with sadness and desperation making Noah confused.

He continued to hold her, caressing her back but soon panicked when her body started becoming hot with fever.

"Are you okay baby dove?" he asked as he checked her forehead with his palm.

"You are burning up!" his voice shook in terror learning about her fever. He laid Lyra on the bed and tucked her inside the animal skin blanket to avoid the cold breeze from the night sky. After that, he got down from the bed and rushed out of the room.