Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings novel Chapter 100

Chapter 100: Well, You Do Not Look Fine To Me At All

Lilith lifted her head from the mattress slowly. She was still holding her mother’s hand.

"Fine," she said automatically.

Dr. Reeves studied her for another moment. Then she pulled the chair closer and sat down beside Lilith.

"Well, you do not look fine to me at all," the doctor said quietly.

She looked at Cassandra for a moment, at the unconscious woman on the bed. Then she turned back to Lilith.

"You really don’t need to be so hard on yourself, you know that?" Dr. Reeves said. "Your parents wouldn’t have wanted this for you at all."

Lilith looked at her mother’s peaceful face. At the machines keeping her alive.

"Well, I don’t really have a choice, do I?" Lilith said. Her voice was flat. Emotionless. The numbness had settled into her completely, making it impossible to feel much of anything.

Dr. Reeves was quiet for a moment. Then she reached out and squeezed the hand that wasn’t holding her mother’s.

"You need to take care of yourself so that you’ll be able to take care of your mother when she wakes up," the doctor said. "Starving yourself, exhausting yourself, running yourself into the ground, it won’t help her. It will only hurt you both."

Lilith didn’t respond. She simply nodded slightly, acknowledging the words without agreeing with them.

Dr. Reeves squeezed her hand once more, then stood up and left the room.

Lilith remained where she was, holding her mother’s hand, her head resting on the mattress beside her mother’s body.

After several more minutes of silence, she forced herself to stand.

She kissed her mother’s forehead gently.

"I’ll be back, Mom," she whispered. "After my shift."

Then she turned and left the room.

The morning air hit her face as she exited the hospital.

It was still cold, still grey. The sun hadn’t fully risen yet. The pack territory was waking up, but only just barely.

Emma was standing near the hospital entrance, waiting.

When she saw Lilith, she moved toward her immediately.

"There you are," Emma said. "You can’t be late today, Lilith. If we’re late, they’ll dock our pay. We need our full wages for this shift."

Lilith nodded, understanding the urgency. The extra pay they’d been promised depended on completing their hours. Missing a shift, or arriving late, would cost them money they desperately needed.

"I’ll go to my room and get ready," Lilith said. "I’ll meet you at the assembly."

"Good," Emma said. She squeezed Lilith’s shoulder briefly, a gesture of solidarity, of understanding what was at stake. "Don’t be long."

Emma left, heading toward omega assembly.

Lilith turned and began towards the omega quarters.

Her exhausted body moved slowly, each step an effort. The weight of everything, the dreams, the exhaustion, the impossible timeline, the extra work ahead of her, all of it pressed down on her shoulders like a physical force.

*THE BLACKWOOD ESTATE*

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