Eventually, all noises from the other room stopped when Lilimar went to bed. The hyll was silent, the only sound the crackle of the fire and Jugs’ slow, steady breaths. Until they changed. I shot out of the chair when I heard him inhale sharply. His arm shifted off his stomach as I knelt beside him on the bed, my legs trembling. When his eyelids fluttered open, I thought I was going to pass out, white spots dancing in my vision.
