Mind Forged 01 by T Michael Ford

Author:T Michael Ford [Ford, T Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: T Michael Ford
Published: 2014-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Alex

I stayed up all night; whatever it was that Rosa gave me definitely worked. Maya was very cooperative in the night and never tried to roll over in her sleep, not that she had control over something like that. But never once did I want to be anywhere else. I was very content to sit there and hold her for as long as she needed. The smell of her hair alone was enough to relax me.

Nia finally woke from her slumber and stretched, looking as though she had forgotten the night before.

“Um, Alex, why was I sleeping on a candle?”

“You tell me, I didn’t put you there.”

She must have remembered where she was then. “Oh no! I must have fallen asleep when I was supposed to help you take care of the warrior princess!”

“Don’t worry about it, Nia; you were exhausted and only one of us needed to go without sleep. Besides, when this potion of Rosa’s wears off, I’m going to fall asleep and then it will be your turn to watch the warrior princess.”

She thought it over for a second and then smiled. “I can do that.”

“Do what?” I turned to see Rosa coming down the stairs. She looked like she was up all night as well, bags under her eyes, messed up hair, the works.

“Couldn’t sleep?”

“Of course not! I couldn’t stop worrying about you two! All I could do was lay there and think about the assassins and what life would be like if she had died!”

“Yeah, I did some of that, too,” I said grimly.

“How is she?”

I smiled the best I could. “She is doing great. Winya and I have been pumping her body full of magic all night; she should feel much better when she wakes up.”

Most of the tension in her posture was released, and she looked a lot better. “Well that’s a relief.”

“Just to warn you, she is going to be wildly hungry, almost feral, when she wakes up, so we need to get some food going, actually a lot of food going,” I corrected. “But if I move, I’ll wake her and I don’t want that to happen until we are entirely ready.”

Rosa was horrified. “You want me to cook? I can’t cook!”

I smiled. “I know you can’t, that’s why Nia is in charge. Just follow her lead.”

Nia was beaming as she led the still protesting Rosa into the kitchen to start getting the food ready. It wasn’t long before the smell of eggs made it over to us, and my stomach reminded me all about what a night of enchanting does for the appetite. Much to my surprise, Maya didn’t seem to notice the smell at all. Normally, if you bring food anywhere near her or Rosa, you would be in danger of losing a finger or two.

Over the course of the night, Winya and I had a lot of time to talk after recent events. She will freely talk with me now, even about unimportant things. But the main thing we did was to help her get more control over the new abilities that she has as a magic user.

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