The Surgeon Heiress's Cold-Blooded Revenge

, and the metallic tang of old blood. Her eyes snapped open, but t

r hand to shield her

ather cuffs were tight, digging into the soft skin, cutting off circulati

the pre-op sedative haze. But

hrough the thin

ther. The man who had seized control of her family's, the Holden family's, entire estate after her

f speech. Her chest actually hurt from the force of it.

latex gloves. Snap. The sound was loud in the small room. He held a sy

yes. He didn't look sur

to someone behind him. "Upp

ngernails through the translucent gloves. This wa

aming takes oxygen. She

er strap was tight, but the leather was

e her hand smalle

he exhaled. Then she pulled. She jerked her thu

up her arm, blinding and absolute. It tasted like copper

the IV drip. He gave her h

The skin tore. The dislocated thumb caught on the leather, gri

d slipp

his reaction time was sluggish. He was used

pen, grabbed the Number 10 scalpel f

't stab. She moved with the muscl

oss the inside

he artery. She aimed

is wrist, stumbling back into the instrument cart. Metal Clattered against t

rieked. "I can't

er hold a sc

he strength to fight her. She braced herself against the table, took a deep, ragged breath, and snap

ight on the bone.

edatives were still fighting her adrenaline. She h

r and threw it over her hospital gown. Sh

ded in the hallway.

. It wouldn't hold them for long. The handle ji

up. A venti

lipping on the slick tile. She used the handle

nd reached through the ga

he pulled herself up, her abdominal muscles screaming.

craw

tal near her foot sparked. A bullet

forward, elbows scraping against the galvan

way. She tumbled out, falling ten feet into a dumps

rocious, but it

e alley. She was covered in filth, blood,

ed light. She ripped the back

s face twisting in disgust.

her throat. It was the only thing Arthur hadn't

t into the

she rasped, her voi

monds. He looked at

ndow. They were crossing the bridge into Manhattan.

y family merger dinner. He thought she was

in the glass. Her hair was ma

e a victim. She loo