ing drag

d scraped again

ed open to a ho

table, crude and stain

e, a triumphant

omehow managed to partially cover m

pat o

th smelling of champagne. "That little beachfront cottage you loved? He bought me an

actured a l

nued, her voice a vicious purr. "Ethan could

g loneliness, the grief c

ummy ache. Ethan flew in three top vets from across the country.

yes, but I refuse

Dr. Ramirez, his name tag read. His

a," he stammered, looking at Ethan, who was no

eked, clutching her arm. "She tried to

too weak to move,

the monitor con

and brutal, "The bitch is faking. Proceed

of the hunters stepped forward a

skittering acros

orld

an' s voice comman

lpel, his eyes filled with

, a silent apol

teel bit in

throat was inhuman, a sound

the monitor, a thin chain

oor of his viewing deck. He' d gotten it after misplacing the prayer beads his devout grandmoth

wn at the fallen medal, then back

sounds so much