The Helmsman Saga Book 03 - The Trophy by Bill Baldwin

Author:Bill Baldwin [Baldwin, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781632630414
Publisher: Booklocker.com, Inc.
Published: 2007-04-19T07:00:00+00:00

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It seemed like a thousand Standard years since the accident...yet Brim had a difficult time remembering anything specific about what happened afterward. He couldn't even remember his previous evening, although clearly it must have been one Universe of a party. A monumental headache was absolutely dissolving his cranium, and he had no desire at all to get out of bed. Who had he been out with? Not Margot—he was sure of that. Inge? He didn't think so.

Anna, perhaps?

He stiffened. She was certainly on his mind. Was she in bed with him? He ground his teeth. If it was Anna—Great Universe! Why couldn't he remember? Had he been too drunk to make it worth her while? Had he even been able to…He felt a surge of panic. Anna—wonderful, fragile Anna—and for the life of him he couldn't remember what she looked like when they...His head began to spin with apprehension. Carefully, he started to probe the bed with his hand.

But his arm didn't seem to work. He tried again. Nothing. In fact, he couldn't move anything, not even an eyelid. Abruptly, he stopped worrying about Anna Romanoff—he was thraggling well paralyzed! By Voot's greasy beard, what in the Universe had he been drinking?

He tried to calm himself by doing a mental checklist, of sorts. He was breathing, although how long he might keep that up was anybody's guess. And, except for his headache, he didn't hurt anywhere. Mostly, so far as he could ascertain without moving anything, he was sort of numb.

And sleepy, again. To xaxt with the checklist—maybe he was dying! "No!" he yelled aloud. "No!" But try as he might, he couldn't match the wave of incredible lassitude that was overtaking him. After a while, he just stopped fighting...

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