Broken By Love, Reborn In Fire

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hospital. Bu

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. When I burst through the doors of the burn unit, Adrian

y mask. "There was an accident with some chem

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d, his voice devoid of any emotion.

ed me towards a surgical table. Nurses w

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ding me down as a third came at me with a syringe. I fe

starting to slur as the d

aken a significant amount from her thigh and abdomen. Any more from her

something over my head. "Take more. I want en

t could affect Dr. Goodwi

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consumed me was the cold, slicing path o

standard recovery room. My

a chair by the bed. He

as the surgical steel that had just carved

ain-fogged brain stru

e a low, accusatory growl. "She said you were the only other person who

my voice tremblin

e. "Her face is rui

intentionally disfigured herself to frame me, to create a situation so

the room. They read me my rights as the

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