ollette had just managed t
swung open. A team
"Ms. Norris, we are moving you t
ghtened with immediate rejecti
ra," the nurse replied, already
rlies pushed her bed out of the room
pened on th
five-star hotel. Massive floor-to-ceiling windo
her to the luxury bed a
sive bed. The silk sheets felt like a
ldn't b
om her hand, threw off the cove
provided by the hospital, she
h echoed from down the corridor, followed by the low, commanding timbre of a man's voice. Collette's heart ski
g sound caught
the green leaves. The bl
ll was
he hall, his hands resting o
he wheelchai
head. She was holding a paper cup of hot
nyone, was leaning down slightly to listen to h
. A violent wave of physic
Her eyes flicked toward the potted plant.
ing gleam flashed
abell cr
pping the cup. The hot cocoa spilled
g out in pain, her head resting d
iately stopped
is breast pocket and bent over, quic
She stared straight through the leaves at Co
out a cold,
out from behind the plant and walked
er laugh made
traight and t
a thin robe, barefoot on the floor, h
rd her, shrugging off his
ng to wrap the warm jacket ar
ched her skin, Collette v
overed in a deadly virus. Her eyes were
mid-air. The jacket slip
etely shocked by the pu
n the wheelchair, then looked
th ice. "Don't touch me with the same hands you
oed in the s
ound them
turned around, keeping her spine perfectly
en in the hallway, his face tur
/1/115440/coverbig.jpg?v=49f65fef973698de1b5ed612e51a1401&imageMogr2/format/webp)