The Vampire Diaries: Evensong: Paradise Lost by L. J. Smith

Author:L. J. Smith [Smith, L. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Teen & Young Adult
Amazon: B00I0FTIKA
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2014-01-22T08:00:00+00:00

“Not until you tell me you prefer her.”

“Oh, my lovely love. My angel with hair like sunlight, and the spirit of a questing tiger. My princess of—”

“Ha-hem,” Robert half-coughed at the door of the ICU room.

Damon, who had been bending, slowly, toward Elena’s lips, now quickly raised his head. He became the soul of courtesy.

“I’m so sorry; of course you and Elena’s aunt want to speak to her. Maybe even to stay with her for a while? Here’s a chair.” He smiled at Elena’s aunt, who—to Elena’s amusement—put a hand up to smooth her hair.

“Margaret’s fast asleep, and we’re going to take her back home,” she said. “We’d just like a moment alone with Elena.” Damon stepped out of the room with a little half-wave at Elena.

Aunt Judith came over to kiss Elena’s cheek. “The doctors need to keep you for a little while to finish your treatment and their tests—and to make sure you’re really as healthy as you seem to be. I’ll be back with pajamas and a toothbrush and so on in an hour or so.”

Elena laughed. “Oh, no. You’ll go home and get some sleep. Damon will get my things from my dorm room.” She laughed again at Aunt Judith’s expression, but said as gently as possible, “I’m keeping my promise to you—honestly. But Damon can find some sweats for me to wear. He knows his way around a dresser.”

“But you still need—”

“No, I don’t. I don’t need anything, Aunt Judith, except a biiiig hug. Thank you. And one from Robert. And one from Margaret.”

“Oh, I thought you were asleep,” Aunt Judith said as the five-year-old went to stand by Elena’s bed, looking like a little pajama-clad spirit with her hair shining like a torch. Robert lifted her up so she could hug Elena.

“They’re still putting, um, medicines into me,” Elena explained, looking at her left arm with the IV in it, and the bags of fluids hanging above.

“Medicine and blood,” Margaret said. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were dewy with sleep. “Blood’s important,” she said solemnly, looking into Elena’s eyes.

“Yes, blood is important,” Elena said, taken aback. She wished adults would be more careful what they said in front of her baby sister.

“And hair’s important, too,” Margaret said, causing Elena to glance up at her quickly. Margaret produced a full-sized hairbrush from her Pegasus Unicorn backpack. Elena could see that she had books and her little kiddy computer inside.

“I didn’t put that in!” Aunt Judith exclaimed, staring at the hairbrush.

“No, the tea lady gave it to me. She said it was for Elena. Elena, I brought Missus Kissus, too. Here.”

“Oh, sweetie, that’s so nice of you. But I want her to stay with you tonight, and every time you hug her I’ll feel it. Okay?”

“Well . . . okay.” Margaret looked relieved.

Aunt Judith was looking over her shoulder. “I do wish,” she said nervously to Elena, “that Damon hadn’t invited his old landlady to come here. Dr. Alpert is one thing, and makes sense given the situation, but that scatterbrained old woman—”

“Mrs.

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