lat against Falco's che

s, awakening memories I

the underworld, where

ead, we became each other's family. We huddled on an old mattress, plann

rival po

m his skin, and his k

meds was a chasm I couldn't cross. The underground doctor t

on, I secret

woke me up:

emory

he hallway. He looked down at Gia, his

l who saved me from the dark. I wi

watch. I turned and r

lunged forward, her fingers ho

ng way, bones slamming into the

edical files scattered everywhere. The pale pages documenting m

treating behind him. "I just wanted

. A primal instinct urged h

ooking down at me, his

, picked up the papers,

a," and let out a shrill laugh. "A pathetic

hallway turne

ifying. He crumpled the papers

macked agai

t my face,

s of his throat. "How dare you bring

e hatred. "Your cold, ruthless greed is exactly