Hellion by Karen Lynch

Author:Karen Lynch
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: romance, vampires, urban fantasy, fantasy, paranormal, young adult, demons, teen, mates, teen series
Publisher: Karen Lynch

Chapter 11

A beeping sound woke me. My eyes were dry and scratchy, and it took some effort to open them and stare at the white ceiling. Carefully, I turned my head to one side to discover I was in the medical ward at the command center. The lights were low, and I could hear nothing except the heart monitor I was hooked to.

I tried to lift one arm and then the other, but they lay on top of the sheet as if they belonged to someone else. My body should have healed itself.

Oh, God, was I paralyzed? Or maybe I really had died and this was my hell.

“Hello?” I rasped, fighting to keep the panic from my voice.

A chair creaked beside the bed, and Hamid’s face appeared above me. His eyes were dark with concern, and he looked like he hadn’t slept in days. “How do you feel?”

“Can’t…move,” I said through gritted teeth. “What’s…wrong with me?”

“It’s just the drugs. You were in bad shape, and Xavier had to immobilize you to help your spine heal.”

I swallowed dryly. “How bad?”

He ran a hand through his hair as he listed my injuries. “Fourteen broken bones, including four ribs, fractured spine, punctured lung, ruptured kidney, fractured skull and cheekbone.”

“That explains why I feel like death warmed over,” I croaked.

A shadow passed over his face, and I realized what I’d said. I’d stopped breathing, and he had literally breathed life back into me.

“S-sorry.” I coughed. “Water.”

He held a cup with a straw in it to my mouth, and I drank greedily.

“More?” he asked when I had drunk it all.

“No.” I licked my dry lips.

He set the cup on a table. “Are you in pain?”

I took stock of my body. My head hurt, but from the neck down, there was nothing. Panic threatened to suffocate me again, and I had to remind myself it was temporary.

“No.” I stared at the ceiling so he couldn’t see my weakness. “How long?”

“A day and a half. Xavier said you’re healing well, but you’ll be in here for a few more days.”

“Great,” I muttered, already feeling the drugs pulling me down again. I fought against them.

“The more you sleep, the faster you’ll recover,” Hamid said. “I’ll stay with you.”

“You don’t have to stay,” I murmured, even though his presence soothed away the fear that clung to me. I tried not to think about what that meant.

He didn’t respond. I heard him sit, and though I couldn’t see him, I could feel him there.

I sighed and let sleep take me again.

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