ement of the Upper East Side, the cool even

bag, her mind momentarily drifting back to the st

her contrasted sharply with her dark trench coat and worn canvas duffel bag, dr

scanning the street signs as she navigated to

rced the ambient hum of city traffic f

stopped instantly, her eyes narrowing as she

formed a tight circle outside an upscale Fre

e wall of people, her elbows subtly bu

l coat angrily tried to shove her b

ing a quick pressure point tap to his inner fore

and stepping aside in terrified confusion as

oke three-piece suit was convulsing violently, hi

th, and his rigid hands clutched desperately at his l

rding the tragedy for social media, but no one wa

eaming into her phone at a 911 dispatcher tha

avement, her usual lazy demeanor vanishing entirely,

flying directly to his carotid artery, feeling th

ernally, knowing that conventional chest compressi

the bottom of her cheap duffel bag, bypassing the b

ipping it open to reveal rows of impossibly thin, sil

ity aerospace alloys, designed specifically for dee

case, quickly swabbing the convulsing man's

varsity jacket pushed through to the front of the crowd

r at Deidre, his voice crack

hell do you thin

extracting the first three-inch silver

ent lunged forwa

e on a cardiac patient!

ir collective sentiment turning hostile as they as

the tension in the air thickening into an

locking onto the medical student with a gaze s

avement, the first silver needle poised precise