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Story: Seth

“Thank you for coming.”

Kai pulled her in for a long hug, his scent already familiar and calming.She led the way back to the bedroom where Seth hadn’t moved since she’d been gone.There were no signs of the pain she’d witnessed earlier, but she stood back as both Kai and Liv searched for any signs of trouble.

“What happened to make you give him the morphine?”

She explained everything that she witnessed and mentioned his reaction after she’d given him the shot.

“Good.It seems like that pain wasn’t overwhelming, but the morphine eased him back into a restful sleep.”

Aubrey leaned into Liv, grateful that she hadn’t fucked anything up.

“When was the last time you slept?”Liv’s voice carried the weight of her concern.

“Um…”Aubrey couldn’t actually remember.Three days, maybe.

“You’ve watched him the entire time, haven’t you?Did you feed?”Kai’s voice was incredulous.

“Cole brought me some blood bags.I’ve been fine, just worried that I hurt him unnecessarily.”

Liv hugged her.“You need to sleep.We’ll stay here and watch over him and wake you the minute anything changes.”

Aubrey held Liv’s gaze for several long seconds before she nodded, agreeing that she needed to get some sleep.She had to keep up her strength because when Seth awoke, he would need to feed from her.

“Okay.”Moving the love seat over to the foot of the bed, Aubrey curled in the corner and rested her hand on Seth’s foot.

Liv and Kai both gave her a warm look and she smiled back.“Thank you, for everything.”

She hoped that Seth would wake strong and healthy.The last thing she remembered was Hades cuddling up in his favorite spot and Liv’s fingers running through her hair as she finally drifted off to sleep.