Chapter 128

Edric's POV

When I get back to Maya’s hospital room, Cedric’s sitting next to her, talking up a storm, telling her everything Deimos got up to while we were gone. Deimos lies cradled in her limp arm, completely still, like he knows she can’t catch him if he falls. “Anything?” I ask when I walk up to them.

“Nothing. What happened to her? Winston won’t tell me.”

“I don’t know. She was fine this morning. A little weak, but I thought it was because she didn’t eat properly for a few days. I went to the toilet and when I came back, she was like this. I thought she was asleep.”

“I’ve never seen anything like it.”

“Neither have I. Doc thinks it’s because our bond has been weakened by the whole Abbadon thing.”

Cedric stares at me, a small frown between his eyes. “Stephen thinks so too, but I’m not convinced.”

“Then what else can it be?”

“I don’t know,” Cedric gets up and stretches. “I wish I did. I hate seeing her like this. Let me know when I have to come get him.”

“Sure,” I say dist