Jace's POV
"I am here," I whispered softly to Lillian as I slowly sat at the edge of the bed, looking at her with a smile.
"I want to apologize from the bottom of my heart for taking time to come here. For some reason, I passed out. I'm assuming it's due to exhaustion," I said softly, then raised my hand to touch her cheek when I stopped myself halfway.
"Oh, you don't like to be touched, do you?" I asked, then frowned deeply when I felt a slight headache.
I groaned and then touched my forehead with a heavy sigh.
No matter what I was feeling, I wasn't going to leave her side. She needed me as much as I needed her.
A knock that came through forced me to get to my feet and walk to the door, opening it.
An elderly omega had a tray of food in her hands, and she was slightly trembling wit
