his medical history, Madison reached one unavoidable conclusio
, enduring an endless stretch of ringing
n's voice answered from the o
Madison Bailey. Marc Fletcher informed me about your condition, and I would like to con
fore replying, "Give me the a
She had expected it would take some convin
location, the thunderous whir of helicop
gh the receiver. "My staff will take you here. Should y
ing into something strangely intimate.
respond, the call a
her chest, as though the man had known
de the villa and found several guards already waiting i
at waiting beneath the night sky. After an exhausting journey that consumed nearly an
ied upstairs with urgent matters," he explained courteously.
legant yet restrained interior before she settled onto the couc
Instead, an odd, deeply disturbing soun
terribly wrong. After only a heartbeat of hes
p seeped the coppery odor of blood, accompanied by hars
d both hands locked around the servant's throat, crushing down with terrifying for
immaculate precision. Against his unnaturally pale hands, the swolle
r nearby. His eyes were blood-red, consumed by a madness
was Willi
wrapped both arms tightly around his narrow waist from
lliam's throat before he v
rkness blurred her vision for an instant. Yet amid the dizziness, she noticed a firs
nk
seized the syringe, drove the needle cleanly into a vein in h
eyes gradually dulled as he collapsed against her, his fingers
se heat of his chest through their clothing, along wit
her ear against his chest to listen carefull
Combined with his dependence on alcohol and powerful pain medicati
e myocardial infarction. Without immediate
have access to proper surgical equipment. Under these circ
lping, while William's rapidly failing condition tol
n from the medical kit before racing downstairs to the kitchen, where
After unfastening his shirt, she carefully cut into his chest with the steak knife and threaded one end of
hurried footsteps thun
him, every trace of color vanished from his face. "Have you completely lost
illing composure, "I'm preventing him from dying. If you intend to assist, arrang
ing him?" the doctor screamed hysterically, nearly stumbling over himsel
his palm against a concealed emer
guns raised. "Don't move! Drop to the floor and put yo
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