The Fractured World by David Aries

Author:David Aries [Aries, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

It took us ten minutes to reach Trez’s cave.

There was no sign of the metaleaters. However, there also wasn’t any indication that Faris was going to wake.

“In ‘ere,” Trez said, pushing aside a white curtain she’d used to hide the entrance.

Smart.

It was larger than our previous caves. You had to wander through a tunnel to reach the interior. That was lit up by glowing blue rocks bulging from the ceiling. They were an eye-catching attraction but not as much as the cave’s centerpiece.

In the middle of the room, letting off a warmth alien to the land outside, was a pool. An underwater hot spring.

“You like?” the grinning Trez said. “Strip scaly and drop her in. Need to get her warmed up.”

I did as instructed, removing both her armor and her undersuit. It was my first time seeing Faris’s body in the flesh. She was incredibly well toned, which wasn’t exactly unexpected. The fitness magazines would throw money at a body like hers.

If her muscles were to be expected, the size of her firm breasts were not. While they couldn’t compete with Casella’s, a trait shared by most, they were comfortable larger than the majority of human women would ever be able to achieve naturally.

There was no mistaking her alien heritage. Her limbs were more reptilian than human. Red scales monopolized the elbow and knee down; her nails were replaced with sharp claws. She didn’t have any wings, putting a dent into her dragon ancestry. What actually lined her back was something she didn’t deserve, at least according to me. Scars. Plenty of scars.

They were different to those you’d get in combat. I’m no expert but you could tell they weren’t battle wounds. The criss-crossing marks were the work of something trying to hurt, punish, torture.

I ground my teeth.

What sort of bastard would do this to somebody?

I had a bad feeling about who the culprit could be. I couldn’t get Faris into the spring fast enough. Her caramel skin was painfully pale and cold to the touch.

Anything less than red hot didn’t fit her right.

“She will be okay, yes?” Casella said.

“Probably,” Trez mumbled. “Her kind don’t like the cold. I can’t believe she made it this long.”

“What about that big fancy suit of hers?” I said. “Doesn’t it have internal heating or something?”

Trez checked the discarded armor. “Once upon a time, sure. Not since she landed here.”

“She’s been struggling all this time and hasn’t said a word?” I said. “Can’t say I’m surprised. Dammit, Faris.” Of course an alien dragonoid could catch hypothermia. Breathing fire didn’t mean she was immune to feeling nippy.

I can’t put all the blame on her. I noticed she looked off and let it slide.

I wouldn’t have neglected Casella like that.

Trez appeared with an injection pen and applied it to Faris’s arm. “This should keep her stable. And the water’s nice and hot. If she ain’t too far gone, she’ll wake up soon.”

“Please, Faris,” Casella mumbled. “You’re the closest thing to a friend I’ve ever had. Please, don’t die.

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