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earing at my throat. The more I screamed t

sive enforcers seized my bruised arms and hauled me into the e

ving stones. A soldier ap

t cheek. The second against my right.

ying in a mob-controlled private hospital s

meant to scare you," he murmured. "You're a terr

o publicly degraded his own daug

blame: my defiance in dressing Ho

iness. Hazel had aggressive leukemia. I was the

I would undergo the trans

eyes burned with dar

, I did not fight. I no

ly looked my way. He doted on Hazel in her VIP s

I altered pharmaceutical delivery schedules. Over three weeks, I secretly admi

cells. She would ne

ep room. Hazel was there, pale but victorious. "An honor for a

her side, excu

en, with a steady voice, I announced: "I've been injecting

my bloodwork, turned ghostly pale, and stammered to Huds

plant was

ace twisted in fury. "You

yes. "I would rather die than save

breath against my ear. "I'll have my doctors inject you with aggre

h bloody lip