d from Aron's fingers and s

ten seco

heaved. He sucked in a

steady green lines spiked into jagged red peaks.

it dead at Ayla's chest. "What did you do to him?

blink. She didn't

e said, her voice

roan. The veins in his ne

leather groaned and his knuckles turned stark white.

nto cardiac arrest! Get the crash cart!" the c

ck

t was raw, filled with agony, but it c

froze in t

ling rapidly. He slowly lowered his chin,

dulterated shock w

la. His voice shoo

dead, numb weight. Pain meant the nerves w

o the floor. Morgan's knees buckled, and he dropped to the ground beside th

silence, their medical degrees suddenl

ulled out a set of specialized micr

e bed," Ayla o

y lifted Aron's massive frame and laid

le, heavily muscled calves. She peeled the backing off the patches and press

to adjust the dial

slipped from her bun, brushing

ng in her neck. A crisp, clean scent of mint and cold rain drifted up

pped the

, the muscles in Aron's legs began

justed the frequencies, her eyes locked on his muscle

clicked the

t a long,

. He focused all his wil

big toe twitched. It mo

choked sob. The

ents efficient. "The toxin is neutralized. The nerve p

was rapidly shifting into something darker,

an octave. "Money. Property. Lives. Whatever yo

ase shut. She looked up,

t your money