The Sickened Luna's Last Chance novel Chapter 473

Chapter 473

Ella’s POV

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“The crystal glowed?” I frowned, pulling my head back to look at both of the doctors. “What do you mean, it glowed?”

Tony and his husband exchanged glances that gave way to the fact that they were both just as confused as I was. While Anthony pulled out his stethoscope and pressed it to my chest, right above my heart, Tony explained, “While you were asleep, your chest began to glow this… greenish color.”

Viridian. Like the crystal.

“It emanated even through your shirt,” he went on. Meanwhile, Anthony’s brow was furrowed and he was muttering something under his breath as he listened to my heartbeat, although I couldn’t make out what he said. “It wasn’t very strong, but it was definitely there.”

I blinked, not really sure what to make of that. I wondered if it had something to do with the spirit realm; maybe, while I was there, the crystal had kept me alive–ensuring I couldn’t collapse over the edge of that cliff, never to return.

I recalled the way my chest had felt warm and buzzing while I was there. That had to be it.

My eyes then flicked over to the picture of Maria that was sitting on the desk. I recalled that soft woman’s voice, nearly lost below the screams and moans roiling in the ocean below. She hadn’t been sobbing like the others, just… speaking in a low,

monotone voice.

It was so strange.

But before I could dwell on it, Anthony straightened and removed his stethoscope from his ears. He hooked it around his neck and looked at me in what I could only describe as professional fascination.

“Ella, the crystal has a pulse of its own.”

“What?” I pressed my hand to my chest. I felt nothing there. Just my own heartbeat, sure and steady despite everything.

Anthony handed the stethoscope to his husband, who listened to my heartbeat for a moment. Just like Anthony, Tony’s eyes

widened, and he stood, mouth hanging open.

“It’s true. Listen!” Tony said, taking off the stethoscope and handing it to me. I lifted my brows, but placed the stethoscope in my ears and listened while Tony positioned it over my heart–or rather, just above it.

At first, I heard nothing more than my own heartbeat; even that was faint and muddled to my untrained ears.

But then, as I strained to listen, I finally heard… something.

It wasn’t my own pulse. That was steady and calm, although perhaps a little faster than usual. No, this was something different.

The beat wasn’t in tandem with my own heartbeat, but rather opposite–when my pulse paused, the crystal pulsed twice.

It was like a second heartbeat was there, operating slightly off from my own.

“What the hell?” I whispered as Tony took the stethoscope away. looked between the two doctors, who appeared to be just as shocked as I was. As we all sat there in silence, it hit me, then, that likely wouldn’t get any answers now.

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Anthony raked his fingers through his hair. “We’ll have to run some tests, of course. But if it’s possible that the shard that lodged itself in your chest has a pulse of its own… And the way it glowed…”

“Then maybe it retained some of its power,” I mused.

Tony nodded, beaming. He clapped his hands together. “One amang discovery after another!” he said. “Ella, your case might just be the most profound that we’ve ever covered.”

“Might be?” Anthony retorted as he and his husband helped me aside from a slight soreness in my hip, I felt perfectly fine. “Tony, at me. “Ella, the scientific and medical strides that could come from your case could change the world.”

to a sitting position. The dizziness had subsided by now, and is is the most profound case we’ve ever covered.” He looked

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My cheeks flushed at that. I’d never considered myself capable of changing the world, let alone in this aspect. “Did you retrieve the stem cells you needed?” I asked.

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