Tales of The Citadel 04 - Fighting Sanity by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Sci Fi
Publisher: Devine Destinies
Published: 2012-03-31T22:49:55+00:00

Chapter Seven

Dravi held her tight as the skimmer whisked them to the Guard base. She was still spasming and twitching, a low, constant moan with the chant, “I don’t want to go.” The refrain was also echoing over and over through her thoughts, but he couldn’t do anything to help her until her body was stabilized.

She was locked in her own thoughts. There was no way for him to speak with her until she calmed down. For that to happen, her body had to be relaxed and she needed medical intervention for that.

The Citadel healers were not equipped for it. Her physiology was beyond what they were used to and they had recommended immediate removal to the Guard base and had called ahead.

The moment that they landed, Dr. Effin was at their side, scanning Erinii from head to toe as she thrashed in Dravi’s arms.

“She’s exhausted. Her body is overflowing with adrenaline and her nervous system is misfiring. We need to get her purged, balanced and rested.”

“Lead the way.” Dravi held her tight as he carried her into the depths of the base and into their medical area.

Fixer arrived a moment after they did, helping them lay Erinii flat on the medical bed. She whistled as she ran her hands down Erinii’s body. “She is a wild one. Her normal levels are so high that there is no way that the Citadel would have picked up on it.”

Dravi stood back, his hands clenched into fists. “What does that mean?”

“Bassinor are designed for battle. They have settled down and become a standard economically based civilization, but the wild heart of their ancestors still beats in them. Their bodies evolved to house this kind of power. I don’t know why she would be so exhausted though.”

Dravi scowled. “I believe she is trying to avoid sleep.”

Fixer moved her hands slowly across the gland centres of Erinii’s body. “Why would you think that?”

Effin monitored Erinii’s life signs and smiled as the readings calmed. “She’s rebalancing your apprentice, Minder Nemilin.”

Dravi sighed and stroked the crimson fall of Erinii’s hair. “She isn’t my apprentice, but she is in my care.”

Fixer gave Effin a knowing look.

Erinii was now still, her chest rising and falling more rapidly than Dravi would like, but she had stopped fighting.

Effin worked a series of hypos and injected their patient with balancing enzymes. “That will help her body reset, but she won’t rest until her mind lets her. Sedating her wouldn’t do any good, she would simply fight it and that would do more harm than good.”

Dravi straightened his shoulders. “I will try and get to the heart of the problem. Please allow me a few minutes of privacy.”

The doctor and Guardsman left him alone and he stood at the head of Erinii’s bed. It had been years since he had tried to contact a semi-conscious patient. The little matter of his attraction to her made the contact border on the unethical.

Explaining the details of her confinement on Bassinor would take longer than simply making contact with her, so into her mind he went.

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