#Chapter 44: Reconciliation

Lionel’s POV This is agonizing. I had only dozed off for a little while when the nightmares started. I had assumed I would be the one to have them after seeing Nan so close to death. I was wrong. My entire body is tuned to her. From her shallow breathing to the slight shaking of her frame. I could even detect the changes in her body temperature as the natural chemicals in her body react due to my superior sense. The first thing to change was her fever. It had only been slight before. But I knew it was inching up as from the change of her scent. But I shrugged that off. Figuring her body was fighting the infection. I slide more over the counter medicine down her throat to stave it off until the doctor could see her the next day. But just as I relaxed, I noticed something else that made me worry. Her heartbeat was the next to change. Slow but steady beats had begun to beat faster and faster. The flush in her cheeks was now an unhealthy blotch across her face. Her eyes