h its rancid, oaten stenc

corner of my cell, heaving until my thro

l cocktails at the black site

ack of my hand just as the

f thick legal documents in one hand and

manded, dropping th

od-oath territory t

mate front and illicit territory my fath

ulder, a calculated palsy that traveled down my arm until my fingers

across the co

nd grabbed my own wrist, acting as i

you psycho,"

t through my scalp. It was followed by the whistle of a heavy diamond ring

he damn

ting my eyes rol

spasming fingers catching the edge of the

rieked i

the edge of her heavy diamond

a," she spat, her face h

will have Dr. Vance bring his little

ing the torn papers s

steps faded completely down the corr

n my cheek, feeling the w

rs were mine to command. I had ju

the corner of the room, obsessively twisting

oor creaked

into the dim, f

hiskey and the cloying sw

s large, warm hands reaching out to

a?" he asked, his voice

yes fixed o

stammered, rocking for

e house angry. I tore

sound of heavy, f

the intimate touch making

rs tomorrow, sweeth

e bad things

g, the heavy do

ng his black medical bag, f

a," Dr. Vance said, his tone

before my mind

ioned terror s

rd against the damp, freezing wall, my c

nte ordered, his ex

ard, grabbing my flailing arms

dical shears and cut the thin hos

it my bare ski

xposed to the harsh glar

ligature marks from leather restraints, and jagged bloodletting

es pushing sharply agai

ed at my ru

something dangerously close to genuine sh

Victor?" Julian asked, his

fed from t

eatment, Julian. Do

ethoscope over my scarred c

expected," Dr. Vance muttered, alr

om, wrinkling her perfectly contour

ed body. She held her breath without thinking, a faint swallowing sound

apping her arms around his waist and pressing

oe whined, burying her

like deat

d not pus

nto the dimly lit hallway

lling the torn edges of my hospi

Dante grabbed Dr. Vance by

fectly through t

erday," Dante hissed, his

he signatur

imental chemicals you hav

ugh to hold a pen by

mb. The chemicals would come faster now. But Dante's impatience was a b

ft until the