lia
as nowhere to be seen. A silent Omega maid brought me a simple meal of br
ave me the privacy I needed
g ears, I retrieved the strange, smooth piece of metal I had kept
ll upon it, just as I had practi
walls of the
soles and strange, humming machines lined the walls. Surgical instrpocket dimensi
ibiotics, scalpels, a blood analyzer. Any one
dote. Second, find a way out of here and establish a foothold in Lunari
and the gates were locked after
ride. I kept to my room and the small, withered garden outsid
devoured texts on this world's herbology, cross-ref
simple herbal remedies. They knew nothing of surgery, of pathology
ter, my c
t slip that Alastair would be in the city on family b
en's clothing from my dimension, alo
y to build up the bridge of my nose and shadow to deepen my eye sockets, hardening my features. A wig
all mysel
from old blueprints I'd studied, I found a disuse
obblestones. I pulled my cap low and stuck to the shadows, h
of hooves echoed fro
narrow alley, ho
thundered past, its movement e
age lurched violently, tilting at a dangerous angle. The driver c
coppery, mixed with another scent-soell of
he danger. Silver was poison to werewolves. A
nce away. The driver leaped down, pounding on
mell of blood
usiness. I was already risking
gut. I was a doctor. I couldn't
itching my voice lower. "Do y
with a mixture of hope and suspicion. "A phy
y. "If you waste any more ti
convinced him. With a desperate curs
t rolled out w
man. A massive wound gaped in his abdomen, soak
ilver weapon. The flesh around the wou
sweat, it was unmistakable. The chiseled jaw, the st
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