Chapter 30

Rowan held it together on the ride to the hospital. She clung to her control by fingernails as they rushed him inside, behind the automatically locking doors leading to the operating rooms. Arms wrapped around herself, she'd stood there staring after them until a nurse had kindly pointed her to a chair in the waiting area. She hadn't called her parents or grandfather. There was no point until she had something concrete to tell them. When another nurse came to tell her that he'd regained consciousness, she'd cried with relief. She'd been certain he wouldn't wake up again, and she'd been so very afraid.