Gideon’s POV
After Raven and her warriors left with Peter, it took a few days for my body to finally recover enough for me to be discharged from the hospital. Unfortunately, Leo stayed unconscious in that time. Even before I was technically allowed to, I spent my time at Leo’s bedside.
I refused to leave, not even for meetings, so I had started having my meetings right there in Leo’s hospital room. I was unwilling to leave, but I still needed to run the pack. The hospital staff was somewhat annoyed by all the extra visitors and security, but they didn’t give me much trouble, aside from the occasional tired sigh or slight shake of their head.
One day, in Leo’s room, after dismissing the rest of my council, I asked Xavier to stay behind. This wasn’t unusual. As my Beta, Xavier attended t
