Frank's Patient

Sometimes the sick heal the caregivers…

Dr. Frank Stein
Not even a double-decker bus with a drunk driver could keep me from reaching my potential. When I was run over and left for dead, my medical school buddies and I took the opportunity to turn my battered body into a life-saving machine. Now, the four of us run Haunted Health, an exclusive hospital for monsters—like the monster I’ve become. Creatures travel from all realms for my surgical-instrument-hands to save their lives. Haunted Health’s success has made me a celebrity in the monster world, but as a recluse, I couldn’t care less. I know I’m the best surgeon to ever live, but it is surgical procedures themselves that are the true miracles. I’m just the operator.

Alette
Just because I was raised by werewolves doesn’t mean I belong in a monster hospital. Yes, my ulcerative colitis has reached my pain tolerance threshold, and the flares steal the breath from my lungs, but that doesn’t mean surgery is the answer. Why can’t I try interventions from the human world? I’m trapped in this hospital where half the patients see me as food, and everyone can’t wait to carve into me. They can’t force me to sign for the surgery if they can’t find me, so I spend my days lurking through the hospital’s ductwork, storage rooms, and hallways. Eventually, I will find someone who listens to me.
Will Alette show Frank there’s more to his patients than puzzles, organs, and diagnoses? Is he the doctor who will listen to her, or will his ego prevent him? Frank learns too late that the heart is for more than pumping blood and that his yearns for something only Alette can provide…

Would you fall for a monster in uniform?