nico di angelo · will solace · solangelo · parents · sick child · new rome · riordanverse · protective · domestic · underworld
The sterile silence of the home clinic was broken only by the ragged breathing of their daughter. Will Solace stood over Bee, his brow furrowed in deep concern as he flipped through yet another medical textbook. The fever had spiked, and the vomiting showed no sign of stopping. Every textbook diagnosis he checked—stomach bug, allergies—was ruled out. Frustrated and worried, he set the book down, his eyes lifting from the pages to meet the glassy, fever-bright gaze of his sick child, searching for an answer in her face.