Dorothy awoke with a start, the familiar warmth of another person conspicuously absent from her side.

Glancing at the clock, it read 7 AM — a time when Everett would normally be hunched over his desk, sifting through a mountain of paperwork. But now, he was nowhere to be found in the hospital room.

Concern knitting her brows, Dorothy rose to search for him. She checked the doctor's office, and the long, sterile corridors — no sign of him.

Returning to the room to grab her phone, she dialed Everett's number, only to hear his ringtone echo from within the room.

His phone was left behind.

Odd.

Very odd.

"Dr. Quincy. Have you seen Everett around?" Dorothy inquired, her voice tinged with worry as she ventured out again.

you should check the security room? If he left the hospital, he would have had

have." In Swevia Country, she was out of her element. Other

front entrance.” Whirling around and peering down from the upper floor, Dorothy's

out what was going on, and why Everett

above, details were

close — his complexion was ashen, and

she gasped, instinctively

his voice

the room in the

for a while," he said, his gaze avoiding hers, an unusual

like him

tugging at his sleeve. "Everett, wait." Despite his haste, he stopped at her touch, not wanting to risk pulling her

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