Ruinous Love Trilogy, #3
Scythe & Sparrow
by Brynne Weaver
Contents
Oath
Overview
Doctor Fionn Kane interrupts his run to answer a break-in alert at his clinic and finds Rose severely injured from a supposed motorcycle crash. He stabilizes her, rides with her to the hospital, and assists in surgery. Later, learning Matt Cranwell lost an eye, Fionn discovers Matt’s driver’s license hidden in Rose’s jacket, linking her to the assault.
Summary
After an evening run, Dr. Fionn Kane gets a motion alert at his clinic and, expecting a nuisance, instead sees an unknown, unsteady woman enter. He sprints back, finds a crashed motorcycle, blood on the door, and follows a blood trail to an exam room where Rose lies unconscious with an open lower-leg fracture and improvised tourniquets.
Fionn activates emergency care: calls 911, secures vitals, starts fluids, applies a proper tourniquet, and prepares Rose for transport. In the ambulance, Rose wakes, claims a motorcycle skid caused the injury, denies alcohol, and needles Fionn about his credentials. He reassures her she will not lose her leg and promises to stay through surgery.
At the hospital, Fionn remains with Rose, escorts diagnostics, and scrubs in to assist the orthopedic fixation. Post-op, he lingers by her bed. Dr. Chopra mentions another case that night: Matt Cranwell, a belligerent patient with cocktail sticks lodged in an eye, now unsalvageable.
Increasingly suspicious about Rose’s story, Fionn checks her belongings: lockpicking tools, Texas ID, little cash. He then finds a loose driver’s license—Matt Cranwell’s—hidden in her jacket, tying Rose to Matt’s injury and recasting her “accident” as fallout from a violent encounter.
Who Appears
- Dr. Fionn KaneRural clinic doctor who finds Rose injured, stabilizes her, assists in surgery, and uncovers Matt Cranwell’s license in her jacket.
- Rose EvansInjured motorcyclist with an open leg fracture; evasive about the crash; possesses Matt Cranwell’s license and lockpicking tools.
- Dr. ChopraSenior physician who discusses cases with Fionn and reveals Matt Cranwell’s eye injury surgery.
- AliceParamedic who transports Rose, banters with Fionn, and manages pain control and splinting.
- Matt CranwellAbusive husband; arrives at hospital with cocktail sticks in his eye; his license is found in Rose’s jacket.