"She fell asleep. We can do a physical examination when she wakes up."
Steven Balance just hummed in response, his long lashes casting a heavy shadow against his pale, almost translucent skin. After pondering for a moment, he said to Charles Green, "I'll go check on her."
Liam Summer nodded, "I'll go see Norris Moore."
Steven hummed again, his expression unreadable, as his assistant pushed him towards the room where Aldana Candi was now sleeping.
Liam stood at a distance watching his back, then lowered his eyes, lost in thought. He handed over the knife to his underling, then turned and walked towards the operating room.
*
Aldana Candi was trapped in an endless nightmare, unable to wake up, condemned to this hell of fire and ice for all eternity.
It felt like a century had passed.
Her consciousness gradually emerged from the darkness.
Nearby, she could hear the sound of waves slapping against the ship's hull and the pattering of rain on the deck.
"Awake?"
