Chapter 28 - The Stranger with the Scar

Elsa stared at August, unsure of how to react to the stranger who regarded her as a prize. She listened intently, trying to find out his heartbeat rhythm. She sought any clue to understand the enigmatic situation she found herself in. But to her surprise, the tempo of his heartbeat was normal. He wasn't lying or trying to force anything. There was a connection he had to the power outage at this hospital, there had to be. On the other hand, Doctor Matthew's heart pulsation was beyond the charts. It was beating so heavily and there was only one specific time she knew people's heart beat this heavy. It was when they were terrified! She gulped hard as she turned back at August. "Who are you?" She firmly asked. "That hurts," August held the left side of his chest. "I mean I did so fucking much and I'm greeted with the typical cold who are you?" Elsa didn't react, she stood rooted to a spot and made a stance as if to counter whatever the strange scarred-stranger threw at her. "I have b