hts overhead were blinding. Elizebeth lay on the table, feeling incredibly w

he silence. A doctor in a green mask

doctor said, his voice muffled by the m

e word was a crue

n't you... can't you just draw the bl

," the nurse said, avoiding Elizebeth' s eyes. "He said there wasn't time for standard pro

her to feel it. All of

was a lamb on an altar, and the man she

her arm, so intense it made her gasp. A scream built in her throat, but she

hed it, a river of life leaving her body. She could fee

octor said, his voice dis

silently, not from the physical pain, but from the utter desolation in her soul. He had taken everything from he

d to get out. She had to leave this place. She stag

ng with Jaylah and her mother, who was now

aylah's mother was sa

t Elizebeth hadn't seen in months. "It

on her. He didn't car

he leaned against the wall for

had sat by his bed for months, holding his hand, talking to him, playing his favorite music

f emotion after he finally woke, "I will never let

ter joke t

ss fading. The last thing she saw was Floyd glancing in her direc

's fainted. Put her in a roo

k contrast to the cold courtyard and the sterile operating room.

o live for? The man she loved had become her torm

es, tears streami