arm. She slapped a piece of medical tape over the
rself up from the chair, letting her knees buckle slightly. Sh
h her. The housekeeper simply t
ut of the medical wing and into the main house. They walked down a long, dimly lit
counted the classic oil paintings on the walls. She memorized the e
ont of a pair of heavy, carved wooden door
her head into the room, her sh
orward onto the plush carpet. The heavy doors slammed shut
came from a few dim wall sconces. The rhythmic
r. She dragged in a deep breath, holding it as she scanned the s
slump of her shoulders vanished. She stood up strai
center of the room, her sneak
of a massive four-poster bed. His
g down at the man known as the
uscles were firm and defined under the thin fabric of
eeped stronger now, fueled by the
st the side of his neck, right over his carotid art
eep. A muscle in his jaw twitched, as if his bod
k a half-step away from the bed, her eyes fixed on h
ck medical file sat next to a water pitcher. She
ickly flipped the page, her sharp eyes scanning a psychological evaluation. Her finger paused over a l
he hallway outside. They were moving
onto the nightstand, aligning
messy pile. She scrambled onto the massive bed,
ng her arms around her legs. She buried her face
, followed by a young maid pushi
ring in the corner like a frightened animal,
water and three dry crackers on
ordered, her voice cold. "If anything beep
aid left. The d
f the bed, grabbed a dry cracker, and shoved it into her m
her head, staring out the floor-to-ceiling windows at the pitch-bla
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