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to. I had no idea what would happen if the kid woke up in the middle of being dissected.
    “He’s so little,” Miles breathed.
    I don’t think he meant to say it. I looked at him and saw an expression of chagrin spread across his face.
    Rashid looked up. “Yes. We can’t know for sure, but I’d say that the subject is anywhere from eight to ten years old. If he’s ten, then he’d be small for his age. There are no ligature marks, abrasions, or contusions of any kind on his body. No trauma that I can see. It might be a different story inside, though.”
    Miles frowned suddenly. I waited for Rashid to turn toward the counter, and then signed quickly to him:
    What’s up?
    Not sure, he signed back. Something’s wrong.
    Great.
    Fire alarm, I signed. Tell Lucian.
    Dr. Rashid had just picked up a scalpel from the counter. “Start taking notes,” he told me.
    I walked over to the counter to grab his notebook. When I was a few inches away from him, I made a quick movement, nudging his leg. He stepped back, startled, and the scalpel dropped to the floor.
    “I’m so sorry.” I leaned over to pick it up. “This will need to be disinfected. I’ll grab you another.”
    He didn’t say anything. He just stared at me, as if I were the stupidest person alive. I doubted that Dr. Rashid was much of a pleasure to work for.
    I washed my hands with pumice soap, then slipped on a pair of latex gloves. “I’m really sorry,” I said again. “I’m never this clumsy. I swear.”
    I was just about to grab the second scalpel when the fire alarm sounded. Obviously, Selena had relayed my message to Lucian. Maybe we’d still manage to get out of here in one piece after all.
    “We’d better go,” I said. “They’ll let us back in as soon as the fire department leaves. How annoying.”
    Dr. Rashid shrugged. “You can leave. I’m not going anywhere.”
    I stared at him. “You can’t stay here.”
    “I’m not leaving. If there’s any trace evidence on this body, it could dissolve in the next twenty minutes. The morgue is in no danger of burning down. I’m staying.”
    Really? Tonight of all nights we had to deal with the obstinate doctor who refused to abandon his post?
    “I really think, for safety’s sake—”
    “Miss Ross.” His voice had an edge to it. “My job is to conduct an autopsy on this child, and that’s what I’m going to do. Now, you can either join everyone outside, or you can assist me.”
    I stared at Miles. He shrugged. He was out of ideas.
    “Fine.” I walked over to the counter and picked up the nearest scalpel. “Are you going to use the Rokitansky method, or—”
    “Please stop stalling and give me the scalpel.” He held out his gloved hand. “Every minute that we wait only makes it more difficult to determine a cause of death, and that’s the least that we can do for this boy. Don’t you think?”
    I handed him the scalpel.
    “Thank you.” He positioned the blade against the child’s sternum. “Now. Watch how I make this Y-incision. You might learn something.”
    He started to cut. I sucked in my breath.
    Blood welled up in the wound.
    “What the—” Rashid’s eyes widened. “Quick, grab me gauze and sutures from the counter—”
    Two things happened before I could move.
    Miles started to sign something. I couldn’t make out the exact words, but I could see that his hands were shaking. I realized that a patch of air directly behind us had suddenly taken on a dark cast. I could feel something in my gut. Something very bad. The hairs on the back of my neck were standing on end.
    Something was about to join us in the autopsy suite. It was going to appear in a few seconds, and there was nothing we could do to stop it.
    But no sooner had I realized that than something even more immediate caught my attention, along with Dr. Rashid’s.
    The boy’s eyes were open.
    He stared at us all in naked horror. For just a moment, his form seemed to shimmer, and I could see what lay