Joseph’s POV
“Oh, my goddess!” Anna cried as we ran through the doors of the infirmary. “Is she—”
“No!” I barked at her as I placed Tessa’s body on the bed. “She’s not dead.”
Dr. Cornelia ran toward the bed with his equipment. Tessa remained unmoving; she was barely breathing. She stopped breathing when we were in the hideout, but she started to breathe lightly again once we returned to the village. I could still hear her heartbeat faintly, so she was alive.
“I’m going to need time to work on her. I need everyone to get out,” Dr. Cornelia ordered us.
“I’m not going anywhere,” I hissed.
“I need to focus on saving her life and I can’t do that when you are here, Elder,” he said, glaring at me.
When I refused to move, I felt Anna’s hand on my arm.
“Joseph—”
When I ripped my arm away f
