Chapter 67

Lila later thought that if Kieran hadn't been there during that time, she might not have survived. The flu hit her hard. The day she fell ill, her fever spiked and wouldn't come down. She lay weak in bed, unable to lift a finger. She called Dorian, but Zara answered the phone instead. Lila couldn't remember much of what she had said in her dazed state. She sent another message later, but there was no reply. She hadn't reached out because she wanted him to come. She wouldn't want him to risk catching the illness. But being sick and possibly facing death in a foreign country, filled her with an overwhelmed loneliness. She just wanted to hear his voice, to feel some comfort. But there was nothing. Kieran found out the next day and rushed over. By then, she hadn't had water all day. She couldn't eat either, not because she didn't want to, but because she was too weak to move. She was so sick that she could barely recognize anyone, yet she saw Zara's post on SoulLink. It was a p