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everywhere! Why... Whose blood is this? And why was s

ges and her family is here, covered

r them but the floor vanished from unde

t her rib, every single inch of her body covered in sweat. H

st to the darkness before she looked over at her

uldn't be going

d her trembling hand on her fa

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soaked sheets beneath her hands. The smell of antiseptic mixed with the thick,

creams. But she blinked that away. This wasn't the time to be th

chest. She barely noticed the surgical mask pressing against her n

eone yelled, panic h

in the man's abdomen. The bullet wound had torn through muscle and lodged itself

ough she also wanted to panic. But she couldn't

She wanted to scowl at them. She

e. There! The bullet. Her breath hitched. It was deeper than she expected, wedged t

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the operati

but the words died on her tongue when she saw them-men in

ropped to h

the

d that air of anger around him, the quiet hum of danger surrounding him like a dark cloud, a black

that made her a loner and bitter. Because people were so damn annoying, and nosy, and she was quick to lash ou

tinued, his expression blank. "All you have

d she also wanted to stab the man with the forceps

live if he's meant to die?" she snapped, her voice muffled by t

ought to keep her hand steady. But she was also angry. And t

e it cleared and he opened his mouth to probably spit

voice calm, but she didn't stop glaring at him. "With every minute you spend here, throw

th two of his fingers and the men cleared out just as suddenly as th

release the breath they'd been holding and Calista'

did her mouth always have to go running before her brain? Th

to see if she would know him. She didn't. He had an unforge

. She just hoped this was the la

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o her apartment, inhaling the war

house. "Missed me? Because

utgrown. Well, that and her deep pit of rage. That rage had been with

into her apartment. The hair at the back of her neck stood up,

t eyes

it on. Her heart dropped to her toes when she saw who was sit

new that wouldn't be the l

s full height until he was tower

Miss C