Mere Phantasy by Ashley Lauren

Author:Ashley, Lauren
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-22T16:00:00+00:00

Eighteen

The nurse fairies had put together a wheelchair of sorts for me to get Zane around in, and it definitely proved itself to be useful after having to push him all around wherever he needed to go, thanks to the inability to use both his right arm and leg. He was lucky I’d been kind enough to vouch for him to get this weird contraption so he could be more than just a lump on a bed. Why you might ask? Well, I was hoping he could help us figure out what to do next with the Peter situation, despite not knowing if Zane even knew much about Peter—or much at all in general.

As I’d aimlessly rolled him around the hideout, purposely avoiding Peter’s quarters, I explained what’d happened during the past few days while he’d been recovering. The whole time I talked of Peter’s sleeping syndrome, he didn’t make a sound, just nodded along. I kept talking, though I was cautious, still remembering my experiences with Zane in the hold of the Jolly Roger. He was a dangerous, capable guy who had something over me I couldn’t quite put my finger on. But I had a feeling he was also able to help us; he’d been places, seen things I hadn’t. I didn’t know much, but I did know inside his pack of things below, in the brig, I’d seen his journal. And that’s why I’d supported him continuing to stay with us now that Peter was out and Lox was in charge—to know if anything he’d discovered before we met might help us in solving the problem at hand.

Passing the kitchen for the third time now, I explained, “We don’t know what to do.” His wheelchair hit a bump in the floor, making us both wince. I stopped pushing him altogether after that. “A-and we need to wake him up.”

“You expect me to wake him? How do you suppose I’ll do that, sweetheart?” Zane snorted, and I purposely jammed my foot into his, sending his body flopping in pain. “Ouch!” he shouted a little too dramatically.

“You said you owed me. And I don’t know who else to go to,” I mumbled, before him now.

Zane seemed like he didn’t care, but instead of sassing me again, he just sighed. “Okay. What have you tried so far?”

Feeling a bit optimistic, I described feeding Peter through a small tube that I slid between his lips, making him swallow berry juices and chicken, which I’d beaten into a pulpy puree. I’d also pulled Peter from his bed three days before and laid him in the sun outside the Nevertree while I cleaned the interior. I beat the dust and dirt from the mats, washed all the dishes, and removed all the sheets from Peter’s and the Lost Boys’ beds, washing them in the spring near the Nevertree (careful of Naiads this time) and then left them to dry while Lox studied through all her books, trying to find a cure for the curse.

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