Insight by Teyla Branton

Author:Teyla Branton [Branton, Teyla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dystopian, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781948982078
Publisher: White Star Press
Published: 2019-01-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

THE FIRST THING Reese became aware of was the urge to sketch. Images pressed in on her until they filled her entire brain with need. She tried looking around her, to see where she was and if her drawing pad was near, but the room around her was dark. Her limbs refused to move.

The vague thought that she might be dead filtered through her mind, but her next sensation was pain—and lots of it. Her head, her face, her chest, her back, and her legs. Everything hurt. So, not death. At least not yet. Had the KC captured her?

“She might be coming to,” came a woman’s soft, comforting voice. Reese clung to the sound and tried to follow it back to consciousness.

That was when Reese realized her eyes were closed. With effort, she pulled them open. Or at least one of them; the other eyelid would only lift partway. Light poured in from at least one window, making her blink until her eyes adjusted. The blurry world around her slowly came into partial focus.

“Hey sleepyhead.”

The familiar teasing voice came from an indistinct figure to her left. Bay. She squinted and finally recognized the face of her partner. What was he doing here? Had he helped capture her? Somewhere in the room, a monitor began a furious beeping.

“Easy now,” came the woman’s voice again. A gentle hand touched her right arm. “You’re safe, Detective Parker. Your partner got you to us in time. You’ve undergone a couple surgeries, and we were worried there for a while, but you’re going to be all right. You’re safe.”

Safe. Reese let out a breath she hadn’t realized she was holding. The monitor stopped its squealing. She blinked more until the room came into better focus. Unable to move her neck, she rotated her eyes in the direction of the female voice, seeing a woman dressed in a white uniform, her dark hair pulled severely back into a twist. A nurse then.

“That’s better,” the nurse said. “Now I’ll leave you two alone, but only for five minutes. I’m going to get the doctor. He’ll want to see how you’re doing.” To Bay, she added. “Try not to upset her.”

Reese waited until the nurse left the room before meeting Bay’s gaze. “How long?” Her whisper was hoarse.

“You’ve been here three weeks.” As usual, Bay’s big face was flushed, but today his brown eyes glistened with uncharacteristic moisture. “We were beginning to worry that you wouldn’t wake up at all. You don’t know how glad I am to see you with your eyes open.”

“What happened?”

A line appeared between his brow. “You showed up on my doorstep, more dead than not. My stupid door release wasn’t working—you know how these pre-Breakdown things always go on the blink—so I went down to let you in and barely opened the door as some guys were getting out of a black shuttle. They had guns. I got you inside, and they took off. We think it was the KC, but we have no proof.

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