his medical history, Madison reached one unavoidable conclusio

, enduring an endless stretch of ringing

n's voice answered from the o

Madison Bailey. Marc Fletcher informed me about your condition, and I would like to con

fore replying, "Give me the a

She had expected it would take some convin

location, the thunderous whir of helicop

gh the receiver. "My staff will take you here. Should y

ing into something strangely intimate.

respond, the call a

her chest, as though the man had known

de the villa and found several guards already waiting i

at waiting beneath the night sky. After an exhausting journey that consumed nearly an

ied upstairs with urgent matters," he explained courteously.

legant yet restrained interior before she settled onto the couc

Instead, an odd, deeply disturbing soun

terribly wrong. After only a heartbeat of hes

p seeped the coppery odor of blood, accompanied by hars

d both hands locked around the servant's throat, crushing down with terrifying for

immaculate precision. Against his unnaturally pale hands, the swolle

r nearby. His eyes were blood-red, consumed by a madness

was Willi

wrapped both arms tightly around his narrow waist from

lliam's throat before he v

rkness blurred her vision for an instant. Yet amid the dizziness, she noticed a firs

nk

seized the syringe, drove the needle cleanly into a vein in h

eyes gradually dulled as he collapsed against her, his fingers

se heat of his chest through their clothing, along wit

her ear against his chest to listen carefull

Combined with his dependence on alcohol and powerful pain medicati

e myocardial infarction. Without immediate

have access to proper surgical equipment. Under these circ

lping, while William's rapidly failing condition tol

n from the medical kit before racing downstairs to the kitchen, where

After unfastening his shirt, she carefully cut into his chest with the steak knife and threaded one end of

hurried footsteps thun

him, every trace of color vanished from his face. "Have you completely lost

illing composure, "I'm preventing him from dying. If you intend to assist, arrang

ing him?" the doctor screamed hysterically, nearly stumbling over himsel

his palm against a concealed emer

guns raised. "Don't move! Drop to the floor and put yo