e's

ht before, but as I lay trapped in the sheets from Nurse Amy

hin tissue-like blinds covering my window as

act I'm dreaming about him means that's where I should go. Or maybe I'm being as

nkissed skin glow. Dad lifts me on his shoulders as I squeal at him to put me down. Mom laughs at us both when he threatens t

it was a lifetime ago. No, of a past life that feels so

uture I was so desperate to escape from before, but once I tell him what

ile f

. Probably forever. You wal

ams in, making

ratchy covers and a mattress so thin that I struggle to believe anyone could h

r in a braid, smiles at me from the doorway. "Good morning. I'm Nurse Olivia. I'm just

hing I hope resembles a sm

row furrowed in concern. "You d

I let my voice trail off a

s. "Let me go fi

increased so I'm too o

at bad. I think I just rolled

she backs out of the room. "Well, try to sleep a litt

d. "

xt several minutes planning out all the things I'

My toes make the barest contact with the floor, but I don't g

sation of being watched makes me

ng I was desperate to tell her not to do. But if I'd told her that, she'

doesn't have that feral look in his eye I've learned shifters have. If a girl was interested in falling into bed

t that

I opened my eyes what a girl must look like after being dragged f

y scrubs he's wearing. There's something a little

l to go along with the lazy smile in his eyes. Pro

e he takes it as an invitation

into a wider sm

f he's a doctor or a surgeon whatever he is I'm a patient

"Simon said you were in pretty bad shape, but back on your

ol dog or a coyote had savaged me if you even find coyotes in big cities. A shifter would know they were looking

e's h

ure o

. Yes, like

him than me, and the window which leads to a drop so high that my panic about who this guy is and what he w

ades as he takes a step tow

behind him, a grin on her fa

but since I was on this floor, I thought I'd check in on h

t smil

or him?" Olivia asks, her gaze moving from Harley to me and b

eps back and turns to leave, but before he does, h

spond, just wait

Are you okay? He didn't scare you, did he? H

knows I have a less-than-pleasant history

. Cardio

at her in

all day... heart and lung surgeon. Ches

Harley is a

stoner then. Maybe

ot an actual heart surgeon. He couldn't have

n med school, but he's one of the best. Surgeon and decent guy." Her

y head. "

"You look like you're re

my muscles are wasting away the long

ab some slippers for your feet and a walker and we can d

he best way I can leave, and where I can grab s

f the pain in my ribs, my throbbing fractured wrist from holding onto the walke

into bed, I sleep again, so exhausted I feel like I've

es open, the light o

e afte

s from the door. Olivia. "I didn't want to

s meal will be one I ca

. "Maybe thirty minutes. If

passive so I don't reveal how much it hurts to do it. "No

ice in one day? Are you sure you'

l I'm fully recovered. At some point tomorrow, those cops will be back

't look c