“A kiss,” he whispered.
Ruth smiled and said softly, “Of course.”
She leaned over the edge of the cage, her lips pursed and a delighted smile in her eyes.
Clay tilted his head up to receive the kiss, her lips soft and glorious against his own.
He withdrew the syringe from the blanket, closed his eyes and struck. She gasped as the needle speared into her neck and he drove the plunger deeper as he opened his eyes. The morphine exploded out of the hypodermic, and she staggered back, sliding off the steel.
Clay watched her drop to the floor, smiled at her and said, “My death is my own, Nurse. No one else can decide my fate.”
With a wild swing, Clay managed to stab one of the orderlies in the eye with the needle before it was wrenched from him. Clay’s laughter joined the sudden screams of the living and the dead as the surviving orderly beat him to death in the cold, harsh confines of Sanford Hospital.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Waiting for Death
Chapter 2: Brett Goes Running
Chapter 3: At the Manchester Veteran’s Hospital
Chapter 4: Brett Keeps Quiet
Chapter 5: Going to Sanford
Chapter 6: Brett Keeps an Eye Open
Chapter 7: Feeling Good
Chapter 8: On the Wrong Floor
Chapter 9: Brett talks with Shane
Chapter 10: Matias Hears the News
Chapter 11: Dr. Georges Goes for a Drink
Chapter 12: Misery Loves Company
Chapter 13: Matias, Sanford Hospital, June 2nd, 1967
Chapter 14: A Visitor
Chapter 15: What Dreams May Come
Chapter 16: The Order of St. Benedict
Chapter 17: Visiting Some Friends
Chapter 18: Matias Waits Alone
Chapter 19: Home Again
Chapter 20: Back at Sanford
Chapter 21: A Struggle Within
Chapter 22: On the Stairs
Chapter 23: Shane Prepares for the Nurse
Chapter 24: Talking about Ruth
Chapter 25: Sweet Dreams
Chapter 26: A Disturbing Event
Chapter 27: Going into the Hospital
Chapter 28: Matias, Sanford Hospital, October 21st, 1980
Chapter 29: Doc and Brett in Isolation
Chapter 30: Getting Reacquainted
Chapter 31: Running into Nurse Platte
Chapter 32: Matias and Francis have a Chat
Chapter 33: Waiting for Them
Chapter 34: Matias, Sanford Hospital, March 10th, 1998
Chapter 35: The Forces Gather
Chapter 36: Who is the Nurse?
Chapter 37: Preparing for Battle
Chapter 38: Parking Lot Troubles
Chapter 39: Getting Away
Chapter 40: No Help in Sight
Chapter 41: Alone in His Room
Chapter 42: Never Alone
Chapter 43: A Time for Violence
Chapter 45: Waking Up Alone
Chapter 46: Preparing for Battle
Chapter 47: Returning to Sanford
Chapter 48: A Visit from the Abbot
Chapter 49: Visiting Doc
Chapter 50: Ready to Leave
Chapter 51: Getting Prepped for Surgery
Chapter 52: An Exodus
Chapter 53: Matias in His Room
Chapter 54: Doc Arrives
Chapter 55: Francis Finds Matias
Chapter 56: A Gathering
Chapter 57: The Plan
Chapter 58: Francis and Doc on the Road
Chapter 59: Shane’s in Pain
Chapter 60: The First Battle in the Grave Yard
Chapter 61: Reaching the Cemetery
Chapter 62: Fighting Among the Stones
Chapter 63: Ruth Williamson Returns
Chapter 64: The Homestretch
Chapter 65: Awake and Alert
Chapter 66: Francis Makes a Move
Chapter 67: At St. Joseph’s Hospital
Bonus Scene Chapter 1: The End of the War, 1918
Bonus Scene Chapter 2: Sickness Spreads, 1919
Bonus Scene Chapter 3: Clay Continues to Watch, 1919
Bonus Scene Chapter 4: The Dead Increase
Bonus Scene Chapter 5: A Discussion on the Dead
Bonus Scene Chapter 6: Movement in the Dark
Bonus Scene Chapter 7: Finding the Right Time
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