Daughter of Asteria (The Daughter Trilogy) by C.M. Owens

Author:C.M. Owens [Owens, C.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C.M. Owens
Published: 2013-10-05T22:00:00+00:00

Exactly spaced flashes of light with an offensive fluorescent blare attack my eyes as they

attempt to wake. Rushing footsteps and hollow voices clash incoherently. Sterile cleanliness mixes

with sickness and fear, and it all overwhelms my still bleeding nose.

A thin mattress barely jostles to warn me of the fast moving bed I’m strapped to. Cold latex

hands check my pulse with powdery fingertips, and I gasp inwardly when I realize what’s going on.

No. I’m in a hospital. No!

I try to scream, but silence is all that flees my trembling lips. A warm hand grips mine to comfort

me, and I know Devin’s here.

It doesn’t change the fact I’m in a hospital, and I can feel my lungs struggling to expand as the

panic overtakes me completely. My feeble body begins convulsing as the fear spreads, and more cold

latex hands constrict my movements to keep me still.

Still no scream escapes, and no sound around me makes any sense. I feel the breath wheezing

into my lungs, and the panic in the hand clinging to mine before a small, stinging prick forcing

something warm into my arm.

The medicine burns more as a feverish liquid calms me, instantly making me relax despite my

terror.

Devin’s lips move to my hand, but I’m almost too numb to feel it now. I smile, and pray I’m not

drooling.

I can’t tell if we’re still moving until I feel my body being lifted. A mask covers my face, and

another prick stings against my skin.

I feel myself drifting until I can’t fight it anymore, and the darkness returns.

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