Casusbelli: War meets Love
When Petra wakes up from her coma, she finds out her fiance has left her for the person who had put her in that coma in the first place. She finds herself in St. Gregory Hospital, where more than meets the eye. It seems the staff at St. Gregory are ready to do anything to climb to the top-including doing the exact opposite of saving lives. Petra is hired after helping save the president's life, and she soon realizes that the hospital and its mysteries are about to turn everything she's ever thought of her identity upside down.
Sequel: Chapter 8
I rose from my seat and climbed the stairs to my office. I was in no position to manifest whatever reactions I bore because of her. A new wave of shame more lancinating than the previous one threatened to overwhelm me. What on bloody earth is she doing to me?!
I rubbed my temples and took a deep breath, inhaling the clean air provided by the recently opened window. I heard steps from behind and turned around so brutally that Luke, momentarily intruded, backed away in surrendering my rage.
"I left her in the company of your books. I felt the need to confront you. What made you snap so quickly?"
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I clenched my fists, and my knuckles instantly turned white. My gestures have become repetitive, a stereotype of frustration and God knows what other emotions. I needed to get a grip on my life as soon as possible.
"It is her. It is all her fault, for bloody sake! She is twisting me around her finger like I am some mediocre, emotion-driven puppet!"