Within a week, Milo’s strange awareness became impossible to ignore. He seemed to know when Lily would have a rough day before anyone else did. On mornings when he paced restlessly, she always spiked a fever by afternoon or grew faint during therapy.
The pattern repeated itself again and again. He would whine or bark softly moments before Lily’s monitors flickered, or before she called out in pain. Nurses began keeping an eye on him as much as on the gadgets that indicated her health.