119: Awake!

Kai’s POV

It’d been ninety six hours since I last set eyes on Cora; four miserable days.

No matter how badly I wanted to know how she was doing, I couldn't bring myself to visit the infirmary knowing that she was lying half-dead on a bed and struggling to stay alive. Every now and then I’d taken trips there with a determination to check on her but each time I reached the door, I’d feel like my feet had been planted in the ground and I couldn't go any further.

Countless times I’d ended up turning back and going to the physician’s office instead to get feedback on her well-being, and each time I was torn apart when I learned that she was still unconscious.

To combat my worry, I’d buried myself in a mountain of work, I’d even relieved Leila and Levi of most of their administrative duties just because I wanted to remain sane by focusing on anything other than Cora most of the time.

However, that objective was countered by the fact that some of the work I’d been invested in also had to wit