the medical room was shove

custom-tailored Chanel suit didn't have a sing

und Diana standing bare

ed, pressing a manicu

ns clicking sharply. She grabbed Diana's arms, her grip tight and fran

of bed? You have a concu

ly stepped forward,

fering from post-traumatic confusion. She force

y. Her perfectly arched eyebrows drew together in

ed to Jorden still s

ure, unadulterated disgust. She looked at the boy the

eanor ordered, her voice like cracking ice. "Tak

ark suits immediately pushed the

he medical chair. One of them roughly unbuckled

red welt across the boy's pale skin. Jorden did

im up from the chair like a sack of dead weight. Jorden's

s brai

room now, his hatred would solidify. He would become the monster that

't let the

hard on Eleanor's wrist, right over the

om

side of her cheek hard enough to draw blood, lett

on't put him in

ghter, completely stunned. Diana was always the o

. She made her knees buckle slightly,

eeve. "There was so much blood in the tube. I woke up and it was right there. I

rembling finger

of color. His mouth opene

assure you, it was

un on the doctor, her maternal panic

ile walls. "She just fell down a flight of stairs, and you subject

ising his hands in defense. "M

Eleanor snapped, smoothing the edge of

ecover. She looked at Jorden, who was stil

d, wiping a tear from her cheek. "I don't want to see anyone els

They looked at Eleanor, wai

l humans, not biological assets. But she looked down at Di

ely at the guards. "Fine. Put him in the

immediate

. His shoulder slammed hard against the

His head bowed, his dark

ked his head, hiding his face behind his dark, unruly bangs an

etely buried. He looked at Diana with the familiar, pathetic, trembl

the shift, heavy footstep

the doorway, his usual com

e police are downstairs in the lobby. And they