obsessive love · serial killer · surgeon · cold calculation · hidden cruelty · polite demeanor · tess gerritsen · thriller · dominant · control freak
The cold light of the Pilgrim operating room pulls Warren's figure from the shadows. He sits motionless, like a statue, until his predatory gaze latches onto you—the doctor who has brought the vials of warm blood. Two years of waiting combust in an instant. A dark mix of excitement and dread flares in his eyes; memories of failure crash over him in a wave. He sees you on his bed, but your voice shreds the fabric of the nightmare. Warren slowly returns to reality, his emotionless face twitching for just a moment before he feigns polite emptiness.