st red lights before smashing through the wrought-iron gates of the Richmond e
ped tightly in her hand. Atherton, the butler, practically ran to keep up with her
he heavy oak
nkled. Leland was thrashing on the mattress, his skin a terrifying, unnatural shade
her wrist with bruising force, yanking her toward the bed. "
led him with a glare so cold it could freeze boiling water. "
to taking orders, but the sheer, commanding auth
tra-thin silver needles. With a hand as steady as a surgeon's, she rapidly inserted the
ed a generous amount into her palms, rubbing them together until the friction generated intense h
finally found his voice. "What are you doing? ! That
f intense doubt. He took a step forwa
et out a wet, violent cough, expelling a thick glob of p
an to rise and fall in a slow, steady rhythm. The alarming red
rt monitor. The boy's temperature was droppi
ushing tension in his shoulders evaporated. He looked at Angelena, his eye
e silver needles. A thin laye
eep. His small hand reached out blindly and cur
his sleep, his voice soft
k the silent r
pricks. He stared at Angelena, hi
ht through her armor. Her eyes grew slightly damp. She reached
s to the nurse
eaning heavily on her silver-tipped cane. Arleen Schae
and panic washed over her face. She immediately pitched her voice
p and down with absolute disgust. "Fabian, have you lost your
e old woman's hateful glare. "I am here as a doctor. I
bian, five years ago she was thrown out of her own family for sleeping around. Her pr
him that Arleen was a known gossip, but the sheer, paralyzing terror of an unknown, potentially manipulative woman sinking her claws into his vulnerable heir overrode his rationality. The protective walls he had built around his family sl
wallow Arleen's lies without a second thought. A
her shoulder. She looked dead into Fabian's eyes. "My consultation
ned to
d in close, lowering her voice so only Angelena could hear
f hesitation, she raised her hand and delivered a
Arleen stumbling backward u
and sobbing hysterically. Eleonora banged her cane o
s large body to shield Arleen, glaring down at Angelena wi
an inch. "I hit a piece of trash that couldn't ke
chest, forcing her way past him. She marched down the hallway, her heels cl
then back at his son, who was sleeping peacefully for the first
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