der

hallway, the atmosphere ab

errifying power. The hushed whispers of the medical staff died instantly. Everyone straigh

armor. My piercing gaze swept over the assembled fami

y deep, resonant voice l

s condition. "Dr. Colette Freeman is the one performin

le

deniable heat flickered in my chest. I simply nodde

urst into the hallway. My useless nephew looked flustered and anno

shameless harlot! Who told you to co

atrically. "I was just worried about

epping in front of Hanna. "She's my girl

trash here while your grandmother is dying, and the

ith tension. Disgu

lte

out. But it carried the full, crus

impering in sheer terror. A sheen of sweat broke out on his for

not a stage for your pathetic domestic dramas. If you cannot

dominated, reduced to nothing by a single sentence. He wanted to argue, but my power held him in a chok

red light above the OR

tte

e surgical mask from my face. I was bone-tired, but a

" I announced. "The blockag

er the hallway. Beverly rushed for

, my eyes traveled do

stop

e shadows. And his eyes-those impossibly blue, sho

m. The scent of cold ced

nt hours mending in another's ch

ssed in that filthy stall... was Evande