Beneath the White coats of the Luna and the Mafia

woman's skin almost ghostly. "The footage is missing?" Elena repeated, stepping around her desk

dy. That's just it. IT says the entire feed from the

spine st

ing can't just get up and walk out, and she was sent to her room at 3:30pm. So no one checked on her during this period? Does

checked her vitals. She was stable, sleeping. But w

g her white coat. "I

y sterile in their stillness, save for the distant echo of a paging announc

the bed was neatl

d rolled into the corner, and the monitors powered

a fr

she murmured aloud, more

eeping hasn't been through.

the hell c

spond, a voice behind the

ur patient,

His shirt sleeves were rolled up, his jawline too sharp to be anything bu

e?" she asked, more sha

n I overheard the nurses talking. Thought I might b

handl

ed smoothly. "Still, two heads a

ara stepped in. "I'll give you two a m

etween them s

ing the disconnected monitor leads an

hat out duhh

Possibly. Or someone wanted it

him. "Why would

ed to the window, looking out over the darkened cit

do you

ng sightings of people who aren't in the system." He turned to face her. "Last week, one of my post-op

chest ti

iberately?" she gave out a wide smi

I think someone is covering something up.

make the mistake of thinking

llenge sparking in his eyes. "Oh, don't w

ly, her pager buzzed v

E – EAST

he alert. Without a word, th

t. A nurse was crouched beside an unconscious security guard, his

meone said. "Said he saw someone trying to t

's pupils. "They're dilated.

ed, scanning the man's n

ena murmured. "But somet

ard away, Adrien stood beside her.

the emergency exit door. It

airwell disappear

sat alone with the patie

tted with blunt force trauma, splenic rupture, and liver laceratio

canned her int

sto

t. No insurance data. No ID w

d at the bottom, under

nize. The note had been marked by the paramedic, but th

eath h

was no guardian to pressure the hospital for her d

hotos on the digital records-hoping may

were

ake photo existe

if she nev