Gwyn blinked slowly.

She thought she heard him wrong. Her voice was hoarse as she said, “Care to run that by me again, Noah?”

“Can you spare Gianna if I give you this document?”

He had barely said it when her hand fell and slapped him hard across his face. She put so much force behind it that it actually hurt her hand. Her ears were ringing as well.

Silence hung over the ward. The only thing she could hear was their heavy breathing.

She was at a loss for words.

After a brief moment, she