Chapter Ten
Torak was ready to go out of his mind. None of the healers had come back since they had taken Jo and Star to donate blood. It had been almost twelve hours since River had been shot.
Torak paced back and forth, ready to charge back into the medical unit to find River. The others had finally given up and found a place to sleep. Star was asleep with her head on Jazin’s lap on the couch while Jo was curled up on Manota’s lap. She had fallen asleep sitting in the chair and only after she had done so had Manota picked her up. She still wasn’t talking to him unless she had to, and she refused to look at him for any length of time. Torak jerked around, and both girls sat up with a start when the door opened.
An elderly healer walked into the room looking exhausted. His face was pale
