Chapter 54

Quinn

I fell through the dark nothingness and hit the compacted earth floor with a jarring thud. The shockwave rocketed up my body, but miraculously, I didn't hurt myself and didn't break anything.

I looked around the pitch-black room, surprised by how much I could see now. Everything in the room glowed as if bathed in a soft-blue hue. I could see the heat of Troy’s body and the blood soaking into the floor.

I could see well enough not to hurt myself, but I wasn't sure my vision was good enough to perform surgery.

I couldn't do this. It was too much. I wasn't a surgeon. Just a failed ballerina that lucked out and found a man. A good man at that. One that cared about me.

He'd do it for me. He'd do much more for me. He'd go to the ends of the earth if that was what he had to do.

The thought popped unbidden into my head, but I knew it was true.

I shook the doubt off and rushed over to the middle of the room where I knew the light bulb dangled. Again, it was Salome that found the sw