Madison's POV:
I searched the room frantically for Gaius, but for a brief moment I couldn't find him. My heart dropped for the fear of his body being packed up already.
As I stepped inside further, hoping my heart, which was already racing, would slow down so I could prepare myself for whatever might come next, I felt a wave of panic.
Although the panic and fear gripping my heart is very real, it feels like I am in a dream and everything happening isn't real.
Finally, I saw him. His armor has been removed already and his body is covered with blood stained bandages.
Gaius lay on a bed at the far end of the room. His chest moved in shallow and uneven breath and his pale skin was almost ghostly. He appears to be barely alive. He seems to be struggling to stay alive.
It was too much to b
