Elemental Dawn (Paranormal Public) by Edwards Maddy

Author:Edwards, Maddy [Edwards, Maddy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-04-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

I came awake slowly. My first awareness was that my head hurt with a dull rhythmic throbbing, like the tapping of a branch against a windowpane in the wind.. My second was that my left cheek was cushioned on something much softer than anything I had seen so far at Vampire Locke. I faintly smelled vanilla. I missed Keller. Something, someone, was stroking my hair and talking softly to me in a voice I knew.

“Keller!” I exclaimed, and tried to lift my head from his lap. He rested his hand on my shoulder to still me. It was the gentlest of touches, and despite my throbbing head I found myself smiling. It helped that the pain in my head was quickly lessening.

Moving only my eyes, I looked up at my boyfriend. From this angle his strong nose was softened and the laugh crinkles around his eyes were more visible as he looked down on me. His wide mouth was open in a smile, and a strand of black hair flopped over his forehead. My fingers itched to push it back out of the way, but I stayed still, enjoying the view.

“Hi,” he murmured, his eyes soft and warm. “Are you okay?” The throbbing in my head was nearly gone, and I realized that Keller had waited until I was awake to heal me. If a patient wasn’t at death’s door it was the polite thing to ask before you healed someone. Not because they might not want it (although that was always a possibility), but because it was an invasion into someone else’s body, their most treasured possession.

“Hello in there? Are you okay? I didn’t think you had a concussion, but I can check again.” Keller peered worriedly at me, his blue eyes filled with concern. I coughed a little and rolled my eyes.

“Yeah, sorry, I’m fine.” My face flushed. And apparently I was also too busy staring at how gorgeous my boyfriend was to actually bother to talk to him. And just think, girls are usually the ones who complain that guys only care about looks. Lisabelle would surely snort if she knew I had such thoughts, and truly, the idea that I was with Keller because he was incredibly good-looking was just silly. Then again, his good looks surely didn’t hurt.

“What happened?” I asked. It was hard to care when I was in Keller’s arms. Everything felt right. Even the worry line that had formed over Keller’s brow had disappeared.

“I have no idea,” he said. “I’m pretty sure someone kidnapped me and threw me down here, but I can’t be sure. I was walking back to my room alone, then I woke up here. There’s a nasty bump on the back of my head, or at least there was before I healed it, so someone must have attacked me. But I never had a warning and I have no idea who it was. When I woke up you were here, unconscious.”

He trailed off, his lips tightening into a thin white line.

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