Chapter 34
The sound of Jo’s voice echoing through the intercom sent Ciaran and Madeline charging up the stairs. They stormed into Tadgh’s room, finding him lying flat on the floor, unconscious.
Ciaran took Tadgh’s pulse. Steady, he mused. His brother was clinically alive and well.
But something was missing inside Tadgh. Something profound. Fundamental. Something that, as a scientist, he didn’t care to speak of or even theorize.
Tadgh’s soul is gone.
Ciaran shook his head. He couldn’t believe he’d let that thought cross his mind. He had no idea how to explain this. Fear clawed at him.
He could cure his little brother of any earthly problem that could be scientifically explained. He had even manufactured the perfect level of sugar in Tadgh’s blood—a minor issue Tadgh had when he was a
