Elle
“Okay, we are going to go in there together, but you do the talking,” Freyja said. “I think he’ll be able to keep his calm with you.”
Freyja and I stood outside Edgar’s hospital room. Edgar was screened by Dr. Green and cleared him to speak with us. Everett surprised me by letting me go with Freyja on my own while he took care of some tribal business.
“Hello, Edgar,” I said calmly as I entered his room in the medical wing. “How are you feeling?”
“Tired,” he said and laid his head back on the pillow. “Are you sure those things are gone?”
“We believe so, for now,” I said. “Unfortunately, we are now a target. The neos know that we have you and probably assume that we have one of theirs. But you are safe here.”
“What about Miles?” he asked. “Where’s Miles?”
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