The Surgeon's Debt
"This is going to be cold."
As I pressed the wet sponge against his skin, cleaning away the dried, dark copper blood, Dante didn't flinch. Not a single muscle in his jaw twitched. But as my fingers lightly brushed against his ribs to steady my hand, his abdomen went completely rigid under my touch. His muscles were like carved stone.
I kept my eyes down, focusing on the wound, but as I wiped further around his side, my hand froze.
On his lower back, stretching toward his flank, were faint, parallel lines. They were old, faded to a dull white, but they were deeply etched into his flesh. And right above his hip, there was a perfectly clear, circular scar that looked exactly like the roaring li
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