lia

as nowhere to be seen. A silent Omega maid brought me a simple meal of br

ave me the privacy I needed

g ears, I retrieved the strange, smooth piece of metal I had kept

ll upon it, just as I had practi

walls of the

soles and strange, humming machines lined the walls. Surgical instr

pocket dimensi

ibiotics, scalpels, a blood analyzer. Any one

dote. Second, find a way out of here and establish a foothold in Lunari

and the gates were locked after

ride. I kept to my room and the small, withered garden outsid

devoured texts on this world's herbology, cross-ref

simple herbal remedies. They knew nothing of surgery, of pathology

ter, my c

t slip that Alastair would be in the city on family b

en's clothing from my dimension, alo

y to build up the bridge of my nose and shadow to deepen my eye sockets, hardening my features. A wig

all mysel

from old blueprints I'd studied, I found a disuse

obblestones. I pulled my cap low and stuck to the shadows, h

of hooves echoed fro

narrow alley, ho

thundered past, its movement e

age lurched violently, tilting at a dangerous angle. The driver c

coppery, mixed with another scent-so

ell of

he danger. Silver was poison to werewolves. A

nce away. The driver leaped down, pounding on

mell of blood

usiness. I was already risking

gut. I was a doctor. I couldn't

itching my voice lower. "Do y

with a mixture of hope and suspicion. "A phy

y. "If you waste any more ti

convinced him. With a desperate curs

t rolled out w

man. A massive wound gaped in his abdomen, soak

ilver weapon. The flesh around the wou

sweat, it was unmistakable. The chiseled jaw, the st

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