Page 106 of Dragon Charmed

“Who’s Ben?” he mumbled.

Her stomach tumbled. “Adam?”

He nodded before shutting his eyes again.

Ian placed his fist on his chest and rubbed, hard. “Adam? Can you hear me?”

But he didn’t open his eyes again.

“I know you all want to be in here, but I need room to work. Marcus is staying and I need Eric to help remove his clothes. It would be better for the rest of you to wait outside while I examine him.”

“Okay,” Megan answered quickly as if she was afraid that Tessa or Sienna might say no to the suggestion. She ushered them out into the hall and shut the door. “We can stay right here if you both want.”

Tessa sucked in a breath and glanced at Sienna, who had no color in her face. Tessa grabbed her hand. “You just got him back. He’s not leaving you again.”

Sienna squeezed her hand. “It just brought back all the memories of the first time. Fate wouldn’t be that cruel, would it?”

Megan shook her head. “No.”

They stood in the hall lost in thought for several minutes until the door opened and Eric walked out.

“How is he?” Sienna asked.

“Still the same. He hasn’t opened his eyes again. I kept asking Ian questions, so he kindly suggested I wait outside.”

“If we’re going to camp out here, we might as well grab some chairs,” Tessa said. She couldn’t speak for the rest of them, but her legs were still wobbly.

Eric nodded and walked into a few bedrooms and pulled some chairs into the hallway.

“Do you think he’s getting his memory back?” Sienna asked.

“If yes, then why didn’t he remember the name Ben?” Tessa took a breath. “Do you think if he gets his memories back, he’ll forget the last fifteen months?” Forget her?

Megan grabbed her hand. “We’ll have to see what he remembers or not when he wakes up.”

Tessa wasn’t sure how long they sat, but after a while Megan went to check on Bella and came back with a wide-awake baby. She handed her to Eric, which helped distract him. Distract all of them as she smiled and giggled at the group sitting in the hall.

Tessa decided to check on Lily. She knocked lightly on her bedroom door and Evelyn answered it.

“How is she doing?” Tessa said as she peeked into the room and saw Lily on the bed.

“She had a nice long bath and something to eat. She fell asleep after her snack. I think a nap is exactly what she needs right now. How is Ben is doing?”

“We’re still waiting to hear from Dr. Murphy.”

Evelyn nodded. “I’m going to stay here with Lily in case she needs anything.”

Tessa walked back to the group and sat. “Lily is sleeping and Evelyn is watching over her.”

“Thank God she’s okay,” Megan said.

“There wasn’t anyone else in the cave?” Sienna asked.

“No,” Eric said. “Ben asked her if she had been taken, and she shook her head. She went there by herself.”

“I wonder why,” Megan said. “The sketch made me think that she was taken.”

“What sketch?” Tessa asked.