ded hours ago.

ouse felt wrong. The silence wasn't peace

the front windows. Tires

t doors

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staircase. She watched as Derik and

skin gray. Blood trickled from the corne

e them, clutching a medical bag. "Get him to

st floor that had been converted int

rs. The smell of copper an

d her ear

was shouting. "The inhibitors aren't

hing!" De

rained, the calm professionalism cracking under pressure. "We have to wait i

ay

ad been weakened by years of this mysterious poison. That weak

d tonight

needles and several bottles of herbal extracts she'd secr

inted b

he medical bay door. "

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ena. You don't w

e will die." Her eyes

ething in her face-not madn

ast him and thr

" Dr. Van

to the waist. His body was convulsing. Ev

to the bedside. She grabbed Caesar's

. Silver needles glinted under

doing?" Vance

the doctor'

he pressure point at the base of Caesar's neck. T

instantly. Caesar gasped

inched his nose and forced th

," she c

wall

t monitor beeped. Beep..

. They were black, dila

ly reflexive action, and his hand shot