Deathly Pale and Definitely Ill

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<Sophies POV>

The crowd in front of me consists of Edaline, Grady, Alden, Della, Linh, Tam, Rayni, Marellа, Maruca, Biana, Elwin, Livvy, Lord Cassius, Ro, Wylie and a girl I vaguely remember.

"What do you mean? I don't even know what happened?" I frustrated say.

Fitz takes my hand, which arouses a chorus of gasps, and says, "Hey, chill,"

I pull away and turn back to the path, raising up my home crystal.

"Sophie, wait!" Edaline says.

She runs towards me and whispers furiously in my ears.

"Sophie, it's about Keefe, you need to come in now if you want him to live normally!" She hisses.

"Wh-what?" I stammer, looking her in the eye.

She wordlessly grabs my wrist and pulls me into the house.

The situation inside there is awkward and weird:

Fitz is getting glared at by Alden, Della and Grady. (All rather furiously)

Linh is staring at Wylie and that girl with blonde hair, with tears in her eyes.

Maruca and Marella flank Linh and whisper in her ears "encouragingly".

Biana vanishes in and out, appearing at different sides of the expansive living room.

Ro sits on the arm of a chair, filing her nails with a somber expression. Lord Cassius paces the room so nervously, I think he may wear out the marble.

Rayni flashes a  Tam's shoulders as he bends over the sofa, arms raised.

Elwin and Livvy next to them,  concocting potions and elixirs with a makeshift apothecary that looked hurriedly built on a table.

The four of them (Rayni, Tam, Elwin and Livvy) are all bending over a partially hidden figure.

I move closer, leaving Edaline in the centre of the room.

The figure looks sick, deathly pale and definitely ill.

He has shaggy blond hair that hangs flat on his head, not styled, he's wearing a long baggy robe.

I push my way in between Tam and Elwin.

I cover my mouth when I realise who the figure is.

A sobs slips out.

Keefe.

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