42. The Only Thing That's Truly Mine

Gwen’s POV

It’s been four hours.

Four hours since Stefan disappeared into the infirmary with Mari in his arms. I’ve spent most of that time wearing down a path in the living room carpet. My eyes keep darting to the hallway leading to the infirmary.

Nobody has been allowed into the room since Levi had his leg set three hours ago. He left to recover in his room. Since then, only three people have been in the infirmary–Stefan, Mari, and the healer.

A few times, I’ve almost convinced myself to go ahead and take a look. She is my twin sister, he is my mate. I should get to check on them.

But the memory of Stefan’s threatening glare back in the forest is enough to keep me from doing it. If he looks at me like that ever again…

I turn away from the hallway. Maybe I should get out of this house. Take a walk, a drive, anything. Because if I have to stay here one more minute and wonder what’s going on with them, I’ll go crazy.

I take the stairs two at a time. In our bedroom, I open one o