The paramedics in cityscrapers were much faster than those in Bethlehem, and Alyssalee was thankful for that. They had needed two teams, one to set Anna’s broken wrists and the fractured bones in her forearms and one to maintain the vicar’s vitals as they transported him to the medical facility. Even though a UNUM confinement order had been issued on the Salvatores, a paramedic insisted on taking Anna to the medical facility. The paramedic argued vehemently with his supervisor over the med-fac comm channel to no avail.
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THE VICAR WAS OUT OF surgery, and Alyssalee waited, the whole time pacing outside the critical care unit where he was being stabilized. There was so much blood, and she was amazed he survived the trip to the med-fac. The sinking in her heart was deep and painful, full
