her retinas. The sharp, sterile smell of bleach and rubbing alcohol fi

IV tube taped to her skin, dripping clear saline into her vein. Her

he edge of the mattress, her eyes darting around the small emer

wooden door of the room was violently shoved open.

oes squeaked aggressively against the linoleum flo

hair were damp from the rain, making her look slightly u

inches from Karli's nose. He screamed, demanding to know what she thought she was doi

r spine hitting the cold metal of the bed's headboard. Her hands gra

arli's hands and reached out, her manicured claws ai

in the hallway. It was the sound of

corridor. Darnell stood in the doorway. His hands were shoved deep into

in the unbranded clothes and the scuffed boots. He sneered, yelling

piercing gaze bypassed the angry parents entirely and lo

rate surge of survival instinct flood

dle in her arm and ripped it out. A stream of dark red blood i

stumbled forward, pushing past Myra's outst

ms around him, her hands desperately gripping the rough fabri

n at the woman burying her face in his chest. His jaw

king finger at the two of them, screaming that Karli

stance in three long strides. He raised his right hand high, aimin

ssed her face deeper into Darnell's c

ckening crunch of bone grinding ag

He had simply raised one hand and caught Warren's de

black and lethal. The air in the room seemed to drop ten de

ed, guttural groan. Sweat instantly beaded on the older man's for

e that vibrated through Karli's chest. He told Warren ne

th, forcing her voice to stay steady. She looked Warren dead in

g her head frantically, screaming that it

egal adult, the certificate was signed and stamped, and the Le

ack, his eyes darting between Karli's defiant face and Darnell's imposing f