When There Is Nothing Left But Love

That was certainly suspicious. Eventually, the elevator stopped at basement level three, so that was where I’d be going, but I used the other elevator in case I bumped into Ashton.

The elevator’s door slid back, revealing a long corridor that was lit by nothing but white fluorescent lamps. The air was filled with the scent of antiseptics too.

I went down the corridor and made two turns before coming across Joseph. He was looking coldly at a room, but he didn’t notice me, since I was walking quietly. I hid behind the wall once I saw him.

I calmed myself down. Something’s up. Only Ashton could get Joseph to escort him. Ashton told me the research for the antidote was done in the very hospital I was in. He looked troubled earlier, and I couldn’t contact him for more than half an hour, so something must have happened here.

“It’s done. All that’s left is the clinical trial, then we can administer it to you.”

“We may start now, Mr. Fuller.”

nights ago, and my heart started to pound with fear, but I clenched my fists. Calm down, I told myself, then

room Joseph was guarding. The sounds of my heels traveled across the corridor, alerting the

you come all the way here?” he asked. “I’ll take

escort me, but I refused to

men knew who I was, so they paused halfway through when they noticed the tension in the air. Then they went back to

Joseph a look of anger. “Still

answer, but he looked troubled. That was more than enough to tell me Ashton was risking his life in

called out to me. I turned around by reflex, then the last thing I saw was a chop, and everything

huh? I was alone in the room, accompanied by nothing

attempt to soothe the pain as I struggled