The Queen's Wings: Book 1 of The Emerging Queens Series by Jamie K. Schmidt

Author:Jamie K. Schmidt [K. Schmidt, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bad boy, alpha, dragon, Paranormal romance, shape shifters
Publisher: Jamie K. Schmidt
Published: 2018-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Humans are easily led. Some need gold, some need power. Find their price and the human will be yours.

English voices and hospital sounds woke me up. I panicked when I couldn’t see, but my frantic hands found thick bandages around my head. I tried to speak, but nothing came out.

"Carolyn, you’re going to be all right," Jane said. Her footsteps come closer, and she enveloped me in a hug. "Reed said his poison wasn’t a deadly stream. It was meant to cause paralysis. The doctors think you swallowed some. So, you’re not going to be able to speak until it wears off."

I pulled away and tapped on the bandages. What about my eyes? I was hoping Jane could understand what I wanted.

"They should be fine by now. But let’s wait for the doctor."

I had a thousand questions and no way to answer them. Arianna was silent. I sensed she was scared and was hiding inside me. I pantomimed writing and Jane put a pad in my left hand and a pen in my right.

"Reed?" I wrote.

"He’s been punished."

I drew a bunch of question marks and exclamation points.

"He turned himself into Zhang once you were safe. You’re at Yale New Haven."

"Niall?"

"I don’t know where he is."

"Jack?"

"I don’t know who Jack is."

"Joachim?" Where the hell was everybody?

"He’s been with you since Paris. I don’t suppose you had a chance to buy me anything?" Her voice was teasing and I grinned back at her. "He left when I got here though, but I’m sure he’ll be back. Is it true? You’re finally turning into a dragon?"

I shrugged and crossed my fingers.

The door to my room opened. I stiffened, wondering what or who it was. If it was the cult, how could I defend myself?

"Hello, Doctor," Jane said, getting off my bed.

"Well, how is the lady dragon today?" he asked.

I shrugged again and pointed to my mouth. Blind, dumb, and a little pissed. How about you?

"The numbness should fade and go away in a few days."

Days?

"But let me get these bandages off and see if you need surgery."

Surgery?

I felt like a mummy being unwrapped, but I could see bright lights. I winced away.

"Nurse, dim the lights more please."

"Oh my God, her eyes!" Jane gasped.

What? What? I was starting to panic although I could see fuzzy shapes.

"It’s nothing to fear," the doctor said and placed his hand on my arm. "Your eyes have shifted."

"Is that normal?" Jane asked.

"There’s no such thing as a normal shift in a female," the doctor said. "It appears that she’s shifting gradually. At least her tail didn’t manifest."

I checked my butt for good measure, but didn’t feel any start of a scaly tail. My eyes watered as I took a good look around. Everything was blurry, but when I got used to it, objects took on a new dimension. I could see the tiny stitch pattern in the doctor’s lab coat and read the chart that a nurse was holding across the room. It was like wearing binoculars.

"Can I take her home?" Jane asked.

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