Chapter 11: Surgery

Suvi’s POV

I hold Myla’s hand as the ambulance rips through the streets. ‘Faster,’ I whisper under my breath. We pull up to the best hospital in the pack.

Josh rushes towards me.

“What happened? What’s wrong?” They whirl Myla down the hall on a stretcher. Her face is pale, which accentuates the blood on her chin.

“I don’t know,” I say, chasing after the stretcher. We get to two large doors. They swing open.

A doctor is scrubbing up. My heart sinks.

It’s an operating room. I try to go inside but a nurse blocks my path.

“I’ve very sorry, miss, but you can’t come in here.”

Can’t come in? But that’s my daughter! My heart! My world!

My words come out in a frantic jumble. “I have to. Please. I can’t…”

Josh takes my hand. “Suvi,” he says. “She’s in good hands. The BEST hands. Let them do what they need to do.”

I look into his eyes. A calmness washes over me. He’s right. There’s nothing I can do.

Josh leads me back to the waiting room. Lucinda is pacing. When she sees me, she runs over.

“I’m s