Chapter 80

When the door finally opened again, Alex was practically bouncing on his feet with anxious energy. He'd tried to sit and read, and that had worked for a while, but it also let him figure out an approximation of how much time was passing. A lot of it. Not knowing what was happening, what Bella had done or what was happening to her.

Two soldiers entered and flanked the door as Nurse Roche walked in. The older woman smirked at him as he automatically tensed, nearly flinching at her appearance. She'd been a lot less rough with him than either the Wolf or Cora had been, but he still didn't want her anywhere near him, to be perfectly truthful.

"Hello again, my little Toy," she said, winking at him.

Alex clenched his jaw against an automatic retort. He stared at her, almost daring her to come closer. This time he wasn't restrained and the soldiers were several feet away from her. On the Moon he would have never been comfortable using any kind