her retinas. The sharp, sterile smell of bleach and rubbing alcohol fi
IV tube taped to her skin, dripping clear saline into her vein. Her
he edge of the mattress, her eyes darting around the small emer
wooden door of the room was violently shoved open.
oes squeaked aggressively against the linoleum flo
hair were damp from the rain, making her look slightly u
inches from Karli's nose. He screamed, demanding to know what she thought she was doi
r spine hitting the cold metal of the bed's headboard. Her hands gra
arli's hands and reached out, her manicured claws ai
in the hallway. It was the sound of
corridor. Darnell stood in the doorway. His hands were shoved deep into
in the unbranded clothes and the scuffed boots. He sneered, yelling
piercing gaze bypassed the angry parents entirely and lo
rate surge of survival instinct flood
dle in her arm and ripped it out. A stream of dark red blood i
stumbled forward, pushing past Myra's outst
ms around him, her hands desperately gripping the rough fabri
n at the woman burying her face in his chest. His jaw
king finger at the two of them, screaming that Karli
stance in three long strides. He raised his right hand high, aimin
ssed her face deeper into Darnell's c
ckening crunch of bone grinding ag
He had simply raised one hand and caught Warren's de
black and lethal. The air in the room seemed to drop ten de
ed, guttural groan. Sweat instantly beaded on the older man's for
e that vibrated through Karli's chest. He told Warren ne
th, forcing her voice to stay steady. She looked Warren dead in
g her head frantically, screaming that it
egal adult, the certificate was signed and stamped, and the Le
ack, his eyes darting between Karli's defiant face and Darnell's imposing f
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