Nathaniel waited until he couldn’t even hear the murmurs of conversation before he dared to peep out through one eyelid. He had to have been pretending to be unconscious for close to 15 minutes now, and all his muscles were sore and tension strung, but he couldn’t afford to let slip he’d been awake.
He’d heard the entire argument between Gabriel and their uncle, and the entrance of Donovan, and to when they took their leave. With no audience to make a show off, and not caring much for the matriarch, his wife was quick to find an excuse to leave him, and soon the only person left was the nurse in the room and the two guards kept at stand by the door.
He had to wait with every second feeling like an agonizing decade before the nurse was approached by one of the guys and after another few
