Chapter 40

Blake:

I kept my arm wrapped around Natalia as she lay on my chest.

“What are you going to do about Ryan? Did you find any solution that would possibly help?” Natalia asked, looking up at me.

I sighed and shook my head, not knowing what to do in this situation either.

“The doctors suggested that we inject him with something that would put him to sleep, but I know that we can’t keep him asleep forever. But he is struggling to keep up with everything, and he is struggling to keep his eyes awake and his own actions in place” I said, looking down at my mate who nodded. She turned around to face me, curling up in my arms, her heartbeat peaceful for the first time in days.

“What do you want to do?”

“I don’t know, at this point, I’m stuck between stone and fire. One side has me doing the logical thing and just giving in to the doctors until we’ve found a cure, but the other is the irrational part of me that doesn’t want to see his best friend in such a s