Stranded in Space by Rinelle Grey

Author:Rinelle Grey [Grey, Rinelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Kugah stared at the needle that Amelie pushed in through a minute crack in his armour, still a little upset at the fact that she refused to take as much blood as she needed. He was sure that the amount she required would have a minimal effect on him.

Either way, it was a sacrifice he was willing to make in order to help these people.

It was hard to believe that he felt so strongly about them in just a few short weeks.

He’d been so determined to get as far away from anyone as he could, so that he couldn’t hurt anyone else. Somehow, that urge had faded. What had changed?

Somehow, he didn’t feel like he was any danger to these people. In fact, he’d been given a chance to help them, in ways no one else could. Could that change who he’d become?

He watched Amelie, glad, for once, of the coating on his eyes that prevented anyone knowing where he looked or guessing what he might be thinking. That left him free to watch her every move, and admire her.

He had to admit that she was a large part of the reason he wanted to help these people. Because it mattered so much to her that they survived, it mattered to him. It was that simple.

Now all he had to do was convince her to let him help.

Amelie’s movements were quick and sure, and within moments Kugah’s thick brown blood ran down a tube and into the first of the ten vials Amelie had laid out. He kept still, as Amelie’s quiet voice instructed, barely even noticing it draining.

He’d seen the human nurse taking the little baby. Had that bothered Amelie? She seemed fine, but he wasn’t convinced. She was close to the human child. He didn’t blame her. The infant stirred something in him too. It had been very strange, holding the frail baby. Children on his planet were far more robust, able to move themselves within a few hours. Human children seemed far more dependent on their parents.

A machine beeped somewhere in the room and Amelie made an annoyed noise as she looked up to figure out where it was coming from. Her face paled.

Following her gaze, Kugah realised that it was the machine next to Folly, Kerit’s wife, that blinked red. He hadn’t even noticed her being admitted to a bed. The little white skuttle stood in the middle of her chest. Kugah could her hear pitiful chittering, even at this distance.

Amelie glanced back at the blood filling the vial, but it was only half full.

“KaGeeGee, go,” Kugah insisted. “Kugah do.”

Hesitation flickered in Amelie’s eyes, but it wasn’t as though he hadn’t done this many times while helping with the testing in the last day. She nodded resolutely. “Just fill all the vials and I’ll be back soon,” she instructed.

Without waiting for an answer, she left at half run.

Kugah focused on making sure he changed the vials correctly. It was a little tricky, doing it one handed, but not impossible.

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