Guarded By Them by Skye MacKinnon

Author:Skye MacKinnon [MacKinnon, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peryton Press
Published: 2019-12-07T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Kili

The pain was almost unbearable, yet I revelled in it, soaking it up as if it was the most pleasant experience. This was my punishment.

“Laird, you’re an idiot,” Kion cursed while adjusting the med pod’s settings. “You’re supposed to be the rational one.”

I grimaced. “Not anymore.”

“I’ve noticed. How is this going to end? If you continue like this, you will end up killing yourself.”

Not a bad idea. At least then I wouldn’t have to feel guilty anymore. But death was too easy. I was almost looking forward to years of imprisonment. I’d suffer and I’d be able to repent.

More pain shot through my abdomen as the machine knitted me together. Usually, this should be painless, but I’d refused the anaesthetics. Kion had protested, of course, but even though I’d passed on my command to him, I still had enough authority left to make him relent. Maybe he even enjoyed my suffering. I would, if I was in his position.

“How’s the human?” I asked to distract myself from the agony.

“I have no fecking clue. I was close to bringing all the equipment to their room so I could break open the door, but then you returned with your entrails in your hands.”

“It wasn’t that bad,” I protested. “I could still walk.”

“Laird knows how. You should have been unconscious with injuries like that.”

I shrugged. “I’m sturdy, you know that. Indestructible. And I didn’t want to leave her things outside.” I eyed the stack of clothing that Kion had carelessly dropped to the floor. “I hope I got the right ones.”

“Seriously? You’re worried whether she’ll like the clothes you brought her while you’re being brought back from the dead?”

“You exaggerate. I was nowhere near death.”

Kion sighed. “You’re an idiot. I can’t say it often enough. I have no idea how you became the captain of this ship.”

I flashed him a grin. “Because I was less of an idiot than you were.”

“Careful or I’ll switch off the pod while you’re still being fixed. You’d be left with some pretty bad scars and I know how vain you are.”

“I’ve heard some females like scars on men,” I mused. “Maybe you should switch it off now.”

He laughed. “And what female…no. You’re not thinking of our human, are you?”

“Our human?”

The tips of his ears turned a dark blue.

“I meant, the human on our ship. The one you almost killed.”

All humour drained from me and I was flung back into the cold embrace of reality. He was right. I shouldn’t make jokes, shouldn’t be happy. Repenting for my sins was all I could do. Make up for the terrible crime I’d committed.

“Maybe they’ll open the door when you bring her the clothes,” I said with a sigh. “I’ll go back to my room as soon as I can move again.”

Kion looked at me sadly. “You can stay here for a bit longer. You need to rest.”

“No, it’s better if I’m locked in my room like I should be. Once the others arrive, they will examine the events of the past few days in every detail.

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