from my arms and rushed her into a trauma room. I was left standing in the chaos, c

e out a few minutes later. Her expression told me

gently. "We did everyth

king my head. "No, you

will her back to life with the sheer force

an do," the doctor said, h

air, a hollow, echoing scream trapped in my chest. It

black. It wasn't just grief. It was rage. Pure, undiluted hatre

ne, the one I kept for em

o report

word, a hand clamped down on my

re you," she said, her voic

f momentarily eclipsed by

ake a fuss, I can't guarantee your brother's safety. Accidents happen in ho

sharp. Ezra. He was still a patient a

nd I lunged at her, my hands closing around her slender neck. I wanted

rlot

, his grip like iron on my arms. Kaitlin stumbled bac

en!" she cried. "Sh

you?" Hayden yelled at me,

ng finger at the trauma room. "Ivy is dead

shocked, as if the thought that his actions could hav

ly began to deny everything. "She's lying! The girl

," she said, looking deeply uncomfortable. "It appears your sister had a pr

space of minutes, he had bought the rep

o Hayden's arm. "It was a natural d

one night." He gestured to the two security guards who had materialized at his side.

vering for them. He was punishing me for daring to speak the

t smile on her face. "I don't feel so well, Hayden," she murmured, placing a

child conceived from my

ge of bile rise in my throat, and I retched

en's face, a mask of deep concern directed not

p in a chair beside my bed. He looked exhausted, his usu

har," he said, his voice r

, but I could see the col

of my bed. "Kaitlin... she's not you. It was just a fl

e could just erase everything

of her," he promised, his voice earnest. "I'll s

blank mask. I had to play

oice flat. "I want to transfer him

ke the arrangements immediately." He didn't question my motives. In his a

w minutes later, his assistant

"It's Ezra Tucker. He's... he