Changes by Kaje Harper

Author:Kaje Harper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kaje Harper
Published: 2016-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

The next time Brian woke, he felt less fuzzy. He kept his eyes shut, remembering, and listening, and smelling things. Not a hospital. Wrong sounds and odors. Anyway, he remembered seeing Lori, and she wouldn’t be caught dead in any hospital. So somewhere private. Not at home though.

He opened his Finder eye carefully, behind the dark of his closed lids. The pain lurked, waiting to slam him, but he needed to know about Nick. He managed only a couple moments of searching, before the lance of agony made him shut down, eyes scrunched, breathing fast. No Nick! The only thing keeping him from screaming was that he hadn’t seen a trace of Lori in there either, and he’d seen that Lori was okay. No Damon trace either, and Lori had called his name like he was around and alive.

So it wasn’t that Nick was dead. Couldn’t be. It’s my Finding that’s still worn out. Something like that.

He breathed in short fast huffs through his nose. A male voice said, “Bry? Are you awake?”

“Hurts?” he whispered, because that was the truth and gave nothing away.

“Where?”

He raised a hand, surprised he could move, and gingerly touched his temple. The skin didn’t feel hot or broken on the outside, despite the searing pain inside. “Ouch. Help?”

“Okay, easy, I’m a doctor. I’m going to give you a pain injection. It might make you a bit sleepy.”

“Done sleeping.” But he desperately wanted the relief. He couldn’t think with his head throbbing like it was being smashed open. “Hurts.”

“I gave you the shot. It’ll take a minute or two.”

He focused on counting his shallow breaths, until a warm wash of something blunted the edges of the pain, and he could take a deeper sigh. “Oh. That’s good.”

“I’m glad. We’ll talk about what you need in a few minutes. Let it take full effect first.”

Brian opened his eyes. A vaguely familiar guy in a scrub top and jeans leaned over him, dark eyes fixed on his face. “Hi. Doctor?”

“Yes. You can call me Doc.”

“Okay.” He had a flash of memory— hearing Lori say that. The headache flared again, and he squeezed his eyes closed a moment, wishing he was sharper. He moved gingerly on the bed. Legs. Arms. Something tugged at his left arm, and he glanced over, spotting the IV in place. Other than the pain in his head, he actually felt better than he had waking from a Find in a long time. Not hungry, not nauseous, not even having to pee. He wasn’t sure if that was good or not. He couldn’t remember much. Who was I Finding? Did it work? Where’s Nick!

Damon had drummed safety into him, though. Waking up with a stranger around meant staying safe. Being careful.

Staying Bry?

He chewed the inside of his cheek. He’d tried so damned hard to be strong and not do Bry anymore, but if he was going to see Lori and Damon, that’s who they’d expect. His head hurt too much to make big decisions. Why not fall back on Bry for a while? It’s like being in the closet.

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