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CHAPTER 247
Ethan reached the Clarke house a little past one in the morning. The porch light was still on, and a small yellow glow leaked through the kitchen window onto the wet grass.Victoria sat at the kitchen table with a cup of cold tea in front of her. Worry was carved into every line of her face, and her phone lay beside the cup with the screen still lit.“You’re home.” She let out a long breath, like she had been holding it for three hours. Her shoulders dropped, and her hand pressed against her chest. “I called you four times.”“I’m sorry, Mom. I was helping a friend at the hospital.” Ethan pulled out a chair and sat down across from her. His voice was soft and tired.Victoria studied his face for a long moment. There were no bruises on him and no blood on his shirt, and nothing showed the war he had just fought. Her eyes softened, and she gave a small nod.“A friend. Of course.” She stood and carried her cold tea to the sink. “Next time, send me one message. Just one word. I will not ev
CHAPTER 246
Outside the operating room, Brett Calloway’s face was the color of old paper. His hands were shaking at his sides, and his eyes were fixed on the flat green line glowing through the glass window.Captain Webb was dying again. And it was because of HIS doctor and HIS decision to interfere. I brought that idiot here. I put the needles in his hands.Lawrence Griffin crossed the hallway in three long strides and grabbed Brett by the collar. His silver hair was messy and his eyes burned like hot coals.“Call Ethan back. NOW.” His voice shook the hallway.“I won’t beg that...” Brett’s lip twitched, and his stubborn pride rose one last time like a dying flame.Bear kicked Brett’s legs out from under him without a word. Brett hit the floor knees first, and the crack echoed down the corridor. Bear grabbed the back of his head and slammed his forehead against the linoleum.“BEG.” The giant’s voice trembled with rage, and his huge fingers pressed Brett’s face into the cold floor.“I...” Brett’s
CHAPTER 245
Brett’s face went from red to pale. His throat bobbed once, and he backed away half a step, forcing a stiff little smile to hide it.Ha, the Spirit snorted. The big bad government agent just got stared down by a librarian with biceps. Frame this memory.But while everyone was busy glaring at each other, Dr. Preston Hale had slipped past them and pushed through the operating room doors.“Dr. Hale, wait,” Dr. Kimura called out in alarm, rushing after him with his handkerchief fluttering. “You can’t just walk in there.”Dr. Hale did not even turn around. He marched straight to the bed where Captain Webb lay resting, and his sharp eyes traveled over the silver needles still glowing faintly in the captain’s chest. His mouth curled into a smirk of total contempt.“Amateur work.” He waved one hand through the air as if brushing away smoke. “These needles are placed completely wrong. The angles are off and the depth is sloppy. They need to be removed immediately so I can apply my own treatmen
CHAPTER 244
Ethan stepped out of the operating room and found Bear waiting in the corridor. The giant stood with his shoulders rounded and his red eyes soft, like a man who had just watched his commander walk back out of the grave.“I owe you more than I can ever pay.” Bear held out a hand the size of a dinner plate. His voice was low and rough, and his grip shook slightly. Ethan took it and held it firmly.“He’s alive. That’s payment enough.” Ethan let go and rolled his tired shoulders. “But he needs a few rare herbs to fully recover. I’ll write them down for you.”Bear listened carefully as Ethan named each herb, and Lawrence Griffin, still standing by the wall with his bandages gone, nodded after every one. Both men promised to track them down within the week.Look at that, the Spirit said. A billionaire and a mountain, taking orders from a live in son in law. I love this city.Ethan almost smiled. Then the elevator doors at the end of the hall slid open with a soft chime.Brett Calloway strod
CHAPTER 243
Ethan began placing the needles with surgical precision. One into the crown of the head. Two at the temples. Three along the collarbone. Each needle slid into its acupoint with a soft whisper, never wavering, never hesitating. Across the torso, down the arms, over the heart, he worked with the calm speed of a man who had done this a thousand times and had never once made a mistake.When the eighteenth needle sank into place, Ethan placed both hands over the array and closed his eyes.Then he channeled true fire through the needles.The room temperature rose ten degrees in seconds. Sweat broke out on every forehead. The needles began to vibrate, humming at a frequency that made the surgical instruments rattle on their trays like teeth chattering in the cold. A thin shimmer of golden light spread across Webb’s body from needle to needle, forming a glowing web over his skin.Inside Webb’s body, the true energy traveled along the needle paths, a river of warmth flowing through broken chan
CHAPTER 242
Ethan pushed through the doors of the operating theater and the smell of antiseptic and blood hit him like a wall. The room was bright and cold, filled with the steady, mocking beep of machines that were counting down a life.Captain Marcus Webb lay on the table with a breathing tube down his throat and wires crossing his chest like a spider web. His skin was the color of old candle wax. The monitors showed vital signs so low they were practically flatlines decorated with occasional blips of hope.His heart meridian is shattered, the Spirit said, and the joking tone was completely gone. Organs bleeding from the inside. Whoever hit him used a palm technique meant to destroy from within. That was not a Dark List assassin’s style, kid. That was something worse.“Later.” Ethan stepped closer to the table. “First I save him.”The surgical team was already gathered around the bed in green gowns and masks, their hands raised and sterile, their eyes tense above the cloth. A tray of gleaming i
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