Bean's Heart (Hearts of ICARUS Book 7) by Phillips Laura Jo

Author:Phillips, Laura Jo [Phillips, Laura Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathleen Honsinger
Published: 2016-11-27T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

22 days to deadline…

Bean awoke the following morning with a headache so intense she had a difficult time focusing her eyes. She sat up carefully, wondering if she had anything with her that could help. After mentally reviewing her toiletries case, she decided that she didn’t.

She started to stand, then paused when she saw that Iffon was unmelding. She waited until he stood on the bed beside her in his blue and red bird form. “One day I hope you’ll tell me what sort of bird that is.”

“As I’ve told you before, Bean, it’s not a real bird. Not anymore.”

“What was it called when it was a real bird?”

“It had different names, but the one I like is Roc. It has a nice, solid sound to it.” He studied her carefully. “You have a headache.”

“Yes, a nasty one, too. I was thinking about going down to the infirmary for something to help with it.”

“No need, I’ll heal it.”

“About that,” she said, squinting slightly from the pounding in her head. “How come I didn’t know you could heal me, Iffon?”

“Because telling you I could heal you would’ve led to telling you when you were injured. When you were a child that happened a lot more than anyone ever knew, or needed to know. I saw no need to frighten you. When you got older, I decided to leave things as they were until and unless you asked. Which you’ve just done.”

“Why was I injured so much?”

“Chaos worked to separate and alienate you and your sisters for years. This you know. You also know that it’ll try to prevent the Askara from reaching Kinah. What you don’t know is that Chaos has been attempting to remove you from the plane of the living since you were seven years old. I’ve yet to figure out why.”

Bean suddenly felt dizzy and nauseated with shock. She closed her eyes and forced herself to breathe deeply and slowly for a few minutes. Once she felt more in control of herself she opened her eyes. “Thank you, Iffon, for not telling me that before.”

If birds could widen their eyes, his would have been enormous. “I expected you to be angry with me for keeping such a secret from you for so long.”

“In theory I probably should be,” she said. “In reality, if I’d known that some invisible force was trying to kill me for most of my life I’d probably have crawled under my bed, and remained there to this day.”

“Thank you for understanding, Bean.”

“Thank you for keeping me alive.”

“So, about your headache.”

“You did a lot of healing last night, as I recall, Iffon. Maybe you should save your energy in case someone takes another shot at me.”

“I rested deeply last night, Bean. Not to worry.”

“Oh,” she said, surprised. She started to nod, then paused. “Wait. You rested deeply last night. After I was shot by some mysterious unknown person in the stairwell. Why do I have trouble believing that?”

“I would never lie to you,” Iffon said, his feathers ruffling in obvious affront.

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