Beneath the White coats of the Luna and the Mafia

pace where Celia Marek's in

e was nothing. No image, no visual trace, as if she had slipped through the cracks of reality. The thought sent a shiver down Elena's

e to meddle in other businesses. All she did was take care of her patients

cka. No results. A handful of other patients with similar injuries appeared, but none with Celia's profile. No insurance,

of the pendant, rotating the s

encircling a circle. It was vaguely familiar, but she couldn't place

ted. Elena's heart pounded. Had someone been watching her screen? She rebooted her terminal, more careful now. The hospital's network was

d her. Elena glanced up. Lara st

something you need to

he hospital's archives-an old wing with dusty cabinets and rows of physical fi

inet, rifling through folders labeled by date and patient name. Nothing on Celia Marek. Not eve

admitted under anothe

ed. Nothing matching her injur

of personal items found on patients-wallets, jewelry, phones. Her eyes l

is come from?

closet. It was reported missing from

t was deliberately planted-or

he wasn't alone. Footsteps echoed ou

rom the corridor and she

him here again so soon. Should she trus

door creaked open, and Adrien ste

ind you here," h

to keep her composure. "Don't

a missing patient. You've seen the strange patterns, the erasing

d their business. Why you all up on this case anyway?" Elena ask

ck to read. "Not much. But I intend to find

ttle too much, appeared at all the wrong mo

me everything you kn

d then pulled o

his?" Elen

here. This patient... She was involved in something big

ned. "You're suggest

the hospital has alerted the police abou

d up sharpl

nts-disappearances, altered

dig deeper

we need to let th

I please. And please s

his head to different sides and then looked back at her. " You smell so good, I couldn't resist. I may receive a s

d up at him with a stern face. He pulled her closer and sent his hand into her trouser and int

shing him away. "I hate your darn g

on. Could she really trust Adrien? Or was he

interviewed nurses from the ICU. No one had seen or heard from Celia after the night she disappeared. But whispers

the hospital cafeteria, she saw him: Adrien. Sit

g, she approach

sed but composed. "E

think you're hi

"Only that I'm tryi

From

rom people anything and

d by a sudden alarm-an emergency

." Adrien's v

lena decided

rough dimly lit corridors and back exits. He moved with purpose

as she making a mistake?

f the hospital few staff knew about. At the last stairwe

h a narrow window in the door. Adr

m the window, heart p

u doing here

eck in on some files. Never reall

ng me." He said in a

th your audacity? Why do you even think I'll follow you.? Excuse me." She his