Chapter 105

Deidre

The stretcher comes careening into the operating room, Jennivah steering with a frenzy. Her eyes are wild; nearly afraid. I’ve never seen her like this, even after Ethan.

“What the hell happened?” I bark at her, putting on my own scrubs. I haven’t even shed my blazer. Jason called merely five minutes earlier. That was not part of our plan. This was not part of our plan.

Jennivah parks the cart and I prepare myself for what I see. I do my best to separate the mother and healer. She’s just another patient.

Just. Another. Patient.

I turn to the gurney only to see Kira’s bloodied body on full display beneath the fluorescents. I am not prepared. My heart constricts and I force back the bile rising in my throat.

My blood is all over her. Light scrapes cover her body, but she’s swollen. Red. And raw.

Jennivah manages, “Irene is with Ben. He’s pretty shaken up.”

“Is she stable?” My eyes don’t leave her body but I can hear how empty my voice is.

“Yes. Mark used a cannula to keep her a