Conlan’s POV
I stood frozen after what I had just heard.
“The patient passed away?” the assistant to Dr. Paula asked.
“I’m sorry, but that is correct. He suffered cardiac arrest during surgery. Several of his organs had been severely damaged. He didn’t make it.”
“Where is the surgeon?” I asked the nurse, though there was no need for her to point him out—I saw him approaching, still wearing the surgical attire from the operation.
He explained in detail what had happened in the operating room. The beating had been so brutal that it caused multiple internal hemorrhages, slowing his natural regeneration.
“He was losing too much blood—so much that regeneration had no effect. By the time we managed to control the bleeding, it was too late. His heart began to fail, and he ultimately died af
