Chapter 17
Minutes passed by. Lucien was painfully aware of each one that Eve spent with Liane. He didn’t trust that witch. There was something in her eyes, a light missing, perhaps. Eve would say her captivity by Boaz had caused this, but Lucien wasn’t so sure.
Charlie cried out from the medical room next door. Lucien leaned forward from his chair in the small office and peered through the open door. A doctor was applying bandages to Charlie’s face.
Charlie growled, “That hurts.”
“Good,” the doctor said. “Maybe next time you won’t page me in the middle of the night. I have a life outside of here, you know. Now hold still.”
Ten minutes later, the gray-haired doctor, who was in sweats and a t-shirt, walked out. “If you plan on any more injuries like that in the future, then you need to
