Chapter 58

Ryan’s POV

“Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! Please, help! Someone help!” I yelled at the top of my voice as Anna was being rushed in on the stretcher, her gown soaked in blood, her face pale, and her body frighteningly still. My chest was ripping apart, my legs weak, but I didn’t stop running alongside the nurses as if me screaming would somehow keep her alive.

“Let me take over!” Dr. Kellan’s voice boomed, sharp and commanding, and in that moment he pushed the nurses aside and grabbed the stretcher. He had flown all the way from Nivelle for my inauguration, but now it was as if fate had planted him here just for this moment. His hands were steady, his eyes laser-focused, and before I could blink, he was wheeling her straight into the emergency room.

“Ryan, you can’t come in,” he barked at me. “We need space. She’s losing too much blood. If you want her alive, wait outside!”

“No, no, please—I can’t—” My voice cracked, my body fighting to push past, but two nur