Sector Guard 23 - Wound Up by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace [Grace, Viola]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Sci Fi
ISBN: 9781594574955
Publisher: Devine Destinies
Published: 2011-10-13T14:48:17+00:00

Chapter Seven

A hug from Haunt was the most peculiar thing. It was part contact and part phase.

"How are you doing, Kaylee?"

"Fine, Neva, but you look like hell."

She smiled at her friend and noted the vague translucence. "Thanks, you are a little more transparent than usual."

"I am a little tired. Dirven has been working out and taking frequent showers. You know what that means."

Chuckling at Archer's pointed questioning glance, she raised a hand. "It is way more information than you want about your commanding officer, Archer. Trust me on this."

Haunt chuckled and led the way into the station. "We have created adjoining quarters for you, Neva. There is a food dispenser in your rooms and you can roam as soon as you are fed and rested."

"That sounds lovely." Neva ignored the part about the adjoining rooms. It was standard operating procedure in the Guard and she was going to have to get used to it.

As she walked, she stumbled a little.

Archer and Haunt both caught her.

"Sorry about that."

"Should we take you to medical?" Archer was worried, his wing-like eyebrows were drawn together.

"No need. I just need a hot soak and some stretching. Is the gym where it was the last time?"

Haunt nodded, firming her grip.

They walked in silence, the tension of the past few hours piling into her shoulders and back. Her hands curled into claws and she declined any trip to medical.

"If it persists, I will call medical tomorrow, but for now, I just need some rest." Her smile was forced, but she put as much determination behind it as she could.

Her escorts nodded, but she could tell that they weren't happy about it. She managed to uncurl her fingers enough for the biometric sensor, but the moment that she was alone, she drew a bath and tried to soak the contraction out of her body.

Sighing in relief at the heat generated by the water, she began the regimen of flexing and relaxing her fingers, then arms and shoulders.

Back on earth, her body had been degrading. A series of three vehicular accidents left her with only her hands and mind free to work. It had been her dexterity that had gotten the attention of the Volunteer coordinator at the centre. She had been there with her cousin as Rayanne applied for a position with the Volunteers.

Her cousin had been rejected, but the charming attendant had spent two hours speaking with Neva as she sat curled in the corner. Tharrin had been his name and he had jotted down everything that she said as he verbally gave her the questionnaire. He had seen something in her that even her family had never noticed, the urge to work with her hands for the good of those around her.

Neva unkinked more of her upper body. At times like this, the alterations that the Alliance had made to her body could not fight muscle memory. Her body lapsed back into the shape that years of surgeries and accidents had created every time she overworked herself.

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