Chapter 4

One of the doctors shouted, "The patient's pacemaker has lost power. Cardiac arrest.

"CPR, turn on the defibrillator.

"Get the epinephrine ready."

The urgent commands shot through the suddenly silent auditorium, everyone springing into action, each order followed without hesitation.

A numbing current surged through my limbs as I slowly opened my eyes. The harsh white light left me dazed.

A middle-aged man in a military uniform, Ethan Grant, strode forward, fury blazing in his eyes as he took in the sight of me with electrode pads stuck all over, blood still at the corners of my mouth.

"Who hurt…