My Cold-Hearted Husband Wants Me Back
Chapter 104: Time Of Death

Chapter 104: Time Of Death

It was day four, when the sun last rose for her.

Lunara hadn’t left the hospital in three days. Not even once. Her shoes hadn’t left her small locker since the evening they rushed in. Now she wore the hospital slippers a nurse had quietly handed her days ago, the thin, quiet things that barely made a sound when she moved.

The blanket draped over her shoulders had started to smell faintly like the sterile walls around her. And the hospital cot in the corner remained unslept, because she refused to lie down while Mila still fought to open her eyes.

She had barely eaten. Barely spoken.

Every beep from the monitor was a thread she clung to. Every shift in Mila’s breathing made her heart leap or sink.

Eryx had been watching from the hallway for hours, eyes fixed on the small rectangular window in the door. Each time Lunara looked at him, she broke down. And each time, he felt something inside him fracture a little more.

So he stayed out. Not because he didn’t care, but because he wasn’t sure she wanted him there. Not after everything. Not with the guilt clawing at him just as fiercely.

"Did you find it?" he asked quietly, not taking his eyes off the room.

Callum stood beside him, nodding. "Still digging, but sir, I’m sorry, it was hard to trace her so we might need some more time."

Eryx’s jaw clenched as he finally tore his eyes away from the window and turned sharply.

"She’s dead. She’s dead and still managing to keep her secrets," he hissed. "What the hell is taking so long, Callum?"

Callum flinched slightly, as he didn’t expect that he would suddenly burst out in this hospital corridor. "We traced the phone she used, but it was a burner. No SIM registration. No CCTV footage at the drop point."

Eryx slammed his hand against the wall, the sound echoing down the corridor.

"That’s not good enough!" His voice was low, sharp and dangerous. "You’re telling me a woman walks in, kidnaps my daughter, dies in the hospital, and the person behind her just vanishes? You think that’s acceptable?"

Callum opened his mouth, then closed it again. He looked like he wanted to explain more, but even he knew, there was no explanation that would satisfy Eryx right now.

"Find... Her..." Eryx’s voice dropped to a growl. "I don’t care if you have to flip the city upside down. Find out who she is."

And with that, he turned back toward the window, toward his daughter who still hadn’t woken up, and his wife who hadn’t spoken to him in three days.

He didn’t care if Lunara cried the moment she looked at him. He would keep standing there, outside that glass, until she let him back in.

Suddenly, the beeping of the machine sounded different.

It was subtle at first. A shift in rhythm. A high-pitched tone sneaking into the usual pattern.

Lunara’s head jerked up, her eyes locking on the monitor.

"Mila?" she whispered, inching closer to the bed.

A cold shiver crept down her spine. Something wasn’t right.

The beeping quickened and irregular now. Mila’s chest rose too quickly, as if every breath was a battle.

Panic swelled in her throat.

She stood abruptly, knocking the chair back with a scrape. Her hand trembled as she reached toward the monitor, then instinctively turned to glance at Eryx through the rectangular window on the door.

He was already watching her, his eyes sharp with concern.

Their gaze met for a heartbeat. That was all it took.

"Something’s wrong," she mouthed, barely able to get the words out.

Inside the room, Mila let out a sharp, wheezing breath and then silence followed.

"Mila?" Lunara gasped. "Mila!"

The monitor let out a long, piercing tone. Flatline.

Outside, Eryx was already moving.

"Doctor!" he shouted, banging his fist against the wall. "Get in there—now!"

He shoved the door open, rushing toward Lunara just as she reached the bed.

"Mila, wake up... baby, please—" Her voice cracked, raw and frantic.

A nurse burst in with two others close behind, rolling the crash cart.

"Code blue, pediatric ICU... now!"

"Step back, ma’am!"

"No!" Lunara tried to hold on. "I can’t... I can’t leave her!"

Eryx wrapped his arms around her. "Lunara, let them help her. Please."

She struggled, fought against him like a wild thing breaking apart. "Let me go! I need to hold her—I need—"

"She needs you to stay strong," Eryx said through gritted teeth, his arms tightening around her trembling frame. His eyes, always so unreadable, now burned with a raw, naked fear. "Let them save her."

Lunara’s resistance faltered as the medical team swarmed around Mila’s bed, shouting orders, connecting wires, pushing syringes.

"Save her, please..." she mumbled, her voice breaking as her legs buckled beneath her. Eryx caught her before she hit the floor, holding her upright as if her grief alone might pull her under.

She couldn’t tear her eyes away from the flurry of movement, hands pressing down, machines wailing, flashes of light across pale skin that shouldn’t look so still.

Eryx didn’t say a word. He held her, arms locked around her shaking body, his jaw clenched tight enough to crack.

The monitor kept screaming.

And she kept whispering the same thing, over and over, like a prayer.

"Please... save her. Save her. Please...God... Please."

The sounds around her seemed to muffle into a dull roar. Even when doctors were barking instructions, the sound of frantic beeping of the monitor, the heavy thud of her own heartbeat pounding in her ears, she couldn’t hear anything anymore.

Then it stopped.

Everything.

The monitor flatlined with a single, piercing tone that cut straight through the soul.

"No..." Lunara whispered, frozen. "No, no, no.... please...."

A nurse tried to gently guide her back, but she couldn’t feel anything. Couldn’t hear Eryx’s voice anymore. Couldn’t breathe.

The lead doctor glanced at the clock, then slowly pulled off his gloves, voice quiet.

"Time of death... 11:12 a.m."

A single breath escaped her lips, like the wind had been knocked from her chest and she crumpled in Eryx’s arms, unmoving.

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