A Dangerous Proposition

Alpha Gideon's POV

The heavy door of the sterile hospital room clicked shut behind me, the metallic latch securing with a finalizing snap that severed me from the fragile girl in the bed. Yet, the physical barrier did nothing to silence her haunting words. They continued to echo with a brutal, relentless force inside the hollow space of my head.

"You don't feel anything."

Her voice, broken and