When Ian entered Mina's room, the girl seemed to be asleep. Her lips were still purplish, and her breathing stuttered at random times. It was the kind of sound a person made when they were freezing. He adjusted the blanket on Mina's body and her eyes shot open.
"What happened to you?" Ian asked, but Mina did not feel like retelling the entire story.
"I got scared and left the hospital," she said. "I thought I could get here by walking." Ian closed his eyes slowly.
"Do you know how long that walk would have been?" he asked.
"I was already halfway when…" Mina's statement was cut off.
"Halfway?" President Lee asked. "Mina, you walked in this weather for over an hour?" The woman did not catch the concern in Ian's tone.
"I couldn't find Dom or another Lee guard anywhere. I didn't know they were busy," she said. Ian looked at Zane, he knew the man must have told Mina his lie, and it made him feel guilty.
