Chapter 35

ACHILLES. The thought of the poisoning being a warning directed at me loomed over us the whole day. Hyperion hasn't woken up yet, and even though Kiernan promised me that he would be awake within the day or tomorrow, I'm starting to see that he's not so sure anymore every time he comes to check on him. I've been watching him all day, waiting for him to wake up, hoping that he would... so that I can ask him about what went wrong and how he ended up taking that specific bottle. But it seems that I won't be able to do that anytime soon. I look over at Carlos who's also been watching Hyperion. He looks up at me and I sign to him, 'Any updates from Benjamin?' He shakes his head. "None so far. I haven't heard anything from him. As far as I know, he made it back to the pack palace, but he never updated me after that. I think he might be trying to work in secret like you told him to." 'I understand,' I tell him. 'Where is Kiernan?' "He's in his laboratory right now," Carlos replies. "I