It Was Medicine

Chapter 261: It Was Medicine Savannah The waiting was the worst part. Not the fear. Not the uncertainty. Not even the possibility that everything could go wrong in a single moment. It was the waiting. The waiting was that kind that stretched time until every second felt too long and even too cruel. The kind that forced you to sit inside your own thoughts with nowhere to run. Reese had left hours ago with the blood sample, insisting he was the fastest driver in the manor and that he was the only one we could trust with something this sensitive. We couldn’t let the General know. Not yet. Because if Reginald found out, he wouldn’t send the blood to a doctor. He’d send it to himself. And whatever was happening to Roman would disappear into a locked drawer, buried under loyalty and silence. So that's why Reese went alone. And I stayed. There was nothing else to do but sit. And think. And fear. And hope. The hours blurred together until I lost track of time. I didn’t leave Roman’s