Hollow Cry by A.E. Bennett

Author:A.E. Bennett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A.E. Bennett

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The cool liquid caressed her lips. She could taste each droplet as it flowed into her dry mouth and down her parched throat. As soon as the flow started, however, it ceased. Desperation wracked her body.

“More,” Aurora whimpered as loudly as she could.

The creak of battered furniture next to her made her realize someone had been close by. She struggled to open her eyes as the footsteps moved away from her and then back to her side. She shifted her head to the left in an attempt to face the person, but her eyelids remained stubbornly shut. Another creak indicated that the person had sat back down in the aged chair next to where she lay.

“Please stop trying to move.”

The voice was strange but oddly familiar at the same time. The fog in her brain cleared, and she grasped that the voice belonged to Apoth Hull.

“Where…” she began, but her voice croaked and caught in her throat.

More droplets of water fell onto Aurora’s lips and rolled down her throat before she was overwhelmed by coughing. She swallowed the precious liquid and stilled.

“Better,” Apoth Hull replied. “I’m used to the rest of this gang ignoring me to their detriment, but I thought you were smarter. Turns out I was wrong.”

“Mmph,” Aurora attempted to protest. She then found herself emitting a guttural moan. As she returned to consciousness, searing pain radiated outward from her stomach, overwhelming her. Her body jerked, then a hand pressed down on her left shoulder.

“Don’t fucking move!” the apoth commanded.

Aurora wanted to scream, but all she could do was open her mouth and emit a pathetic mewl. She felt a small prick, and her arm inadvertently jerked.

“That’s the last you can have,” Apoth Hull replied. “‘Cause if I give you any more, you’re liable to overdose. You’re safe in my infirmary. You fell on a rather large piece of metal and almost punctured your own lung. Lucky for you, I’m good at what I do.”

Aurora’s heart beat faster. She slowly opened her eyes. Her vision focused on the man staring down at her. His deep brown eyes met hers, and the pale skin at the corners of his eyes crinkled. She made to move her arms in an attempt to explore why her midriff ached so much, but the apoth stilled her with one hand.

“I had to cauterize the wound, but not before going in and fixing a few things first. If Blue Legion hadn’t stumbled upon that abandoned camp with all of those supplies, I wouldn’t have been able to knock you out, and you’d carry the memory of that pain with you for the rest of your life, believe me,” the apoth explained. “I’ve been pumping you full of painkillers and antibiotics ever since. You’ll live to fight more wretched another day…but you need to stay still for now.”

Aurora opened her mouth to protest, but whatever the apoth stuck her with was clouding her mind.

“Don’t worry, Delicate.” Apoth Hull’s voice grew more distant as Aurora was pulled back downward.

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