Alvara
“Miss Alvara, please stand up,” Dr. Oden pleads.
I shook my head, tears blurring my vision. “I should have listened to you that night, Doc. I—“
Strong hands gripped my shoulders. It was Kai's.
“Alvara,” he calls out in a low tone. “Stand up.”
“I can't,” I whispered.
“You have to.”
Pulling me up gently to...