ollette had just managed t

swung open. A team

"Ms. Norris, we are moving you t

ghtened with immediate rejecti

ra," the nurse replied, already

rlies pushed her bed out of the room

pened on th

five-star hotel. Massive floor-to-ceiling windo

her to the luxury bed a

sive bed. The silk sheets felt like a

ldn't b

om her hand, threw off the cove

provided by the hospital, she

h echoed from down the corridor, followed by the low, commanding timbre of a man's voice. Collette's heart ski

g sound caught

the green leaves. The bl

ll was

he hall, his hands resting o

he wheelchai

head. She was holding a paper cup of hot

nyone, was leaning down slightly to listen to h

. A violent wave of physic

Her eyes flicked toward the potted plant.

ing gleam flashed

abell cr

pping the cup. The hot cocoa spilled

g out in pain, her head resting d

iately stopped

is breast pocket and bent over, quic

She stared straight through the leaves at Co

out a cold,

out from behind the plant and walked

er laugh made

traight and t

a thin robe, barefoot on the floor, h

rd her, shrugging off his

ng to wrap the warm jacket ar

ched her skin, Collette v

overed in a deadly virus. Her eyes were

mid-air. The jacket slip

etely shocked by the pu

n the wheelchair, then looked

th ice. "Don't touch me with the same hands you

oed in the s

ound them

turned around, keeping her spine perfectly

en in the hallway, his face tur