**KIERAN MORRISON**
Time slowly continued to tick, and each time a nurse walked out, my heart would leap, but it was still the same.
Nothing yet.
In reality, it had only been fifteen minutes which felt like an eternity.
My eyes swept across the waiting room, taking in the familiar faces who were also waiting for Ollie to wake up. William was slumped in a chair with his head in his hands, and Vince's arm was draped across his shoulders. I was surprised to see Heath and Claude, I didn't even realize when they arrived.
Then I saw him.
Xander sat in the corner, staring down at his hands. Something cold settled in my stomach.
How had he gotten to Oliver so fast?
He wasn't even in our group. He'd been assigned to a completely different section of the woods, from where we were collecting samples.
So how had he been the first one there?
