Dominion Trilogy - 01 - Relentless by Robin Parrish

Author:Robin Parrish
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 9780764202216
Published: 2006-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Lisa stirred when she heard a nurse come in to check Daniel’s vitals. It was dusk outside, yet she was surprised to see Daniel awake again so soon. His swelling had gone down considerably in the last few days, and it was nice to see him looking more like his old self again, even with all the bandages.

She smiled at him and he offered something resembling a smile in return. But she knew that half-smile better than he realized. His mind was preoccupied.

Lisa waited until the nurse left to speak. ‘‘What are you thinking?’’

‘‘About how I asked you not to leave me here alone. But it’s been days now, and really, if something was going to happen, I think it would have by now. Please go home and get some rest. That chair can’t possibly be comfortable.’’

‘‘What are you talking about?’’ Lisa replied with a smile. ‘‘Me and this chair have bonded. We’ve been through some experiences together. I’m not going anywhere.’’

He smiled wearily at her. ‘‘Lisa, everything you’ve done for me has been wonderful. I’ve been through traumatic things before; I’ve pulled through things—well, maybe not worse than this, but still pretty bad.

Now I think it’s time to be honest. I’m not escaping from here. What comes, comes.’’

‘‘Quitter,’’ she replied, in a voice that almost made him smile.

Daniel sighed. ‘‘You know . . . even if you could get me out of here, where would you even take me? The lab has been destroyed, my home and your apartment probably aren’t secure . . .’’

‘‘I know a place,’’ she replied. When he eyed her curiously, she said defensively, ‘‘I have thought this through, you know.’’

He smiled. ‘‘You always have been the brains of the operation.’’

‘‘I can’t believe you finally figured that out!’’ She laughed out loud.

He laughed as well, but then started gasping when the laughter triggered his cracked ribs. He brought both hands up to brace his chest as he tried to catch his breath. Lisa jumped up and helped, placing his oxygen mask back over his mouth and nose until the pain subsided.

It was a while before he removed the mask and lay back on his inclined bed.

Lisa returned to her chair and shook her head at him. ‘‘This Grant Borrows person . . . What makes you so sure that he’s worth all this? Worth everything you’ve been through?’’

‘‘I have my reasons,’’ Daniel croaked. When she wouldn’t release his gaze, he added, ‘‘There are plenty of things about me you still don’t know.’’

She was about to respond when everything went black.

The power went off all over the entire hospital, but the emergency generators immediately kicked in. It wasn’t enough electricity to power everything in the building, only the essential systems. The medical equipment Daniel was hooked up to continued unabated, but the only light came from the emergency beams out in the hall.

They heard panicked screams erupt from other rooms on the floor, and nurses running around, trying to keep patients calm and making sure everyone was okay.

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