The Alien Library by Maureen O. Betita

Author:Maureen O. Betita [Betita, Maureen O.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2014-11-12T23:00:00+00:00

10

Cameron saw the weariness on Daniel’s face and decided to reserve the bulk of her questions for later. “The arm is nearly useless. It doesn’t hurt, but feels slightly numb. It just isn’t answering commands. No, that doesn’t sound right.” She shook her head. “When I touch it with my right hand, I can feel the hand but not entirely.”

“All right. Some nerve damage was inevitable, considering the problem we had.” Daniel stroked her hand. “It should get better.” He yawned. “Oh. I’m sorry.”

“No, don’t apologize. You must really be tired to be yawning. I’ll wait on knowing what happened. Go to bed, Daniel,” she urged him.

He smiled crookedly. “I intend to. As soon as the bed is remade.” He glanced over at the huge pile of bedding, and saw three human females replacing the sheets and straightening all of it. He smiled, and sighed. Cameron saw his eyes nearly closed. He’d once told her he usually needed very little sleep. This wasn’t a normal.

The arm scared her, but she felt good. She felt strong. She could wait. Tendar had held her, for days. The thought blew her mind. She touched Daniel’s hand. “Ask someone to show me how to get to the kitchen and go to bed. Find me when you wake up and talk to me about what happened. Okay?”

“Okay.” His head bowed and he all but fell asleep.

She knew one of the women and called out to her, “Janice? Help Daniel to bed, please. And I need a guide to the kitchen.”

The woman smiled brightly and did as Cam asked. Ten minutes later, she sat at the kitchen table, watching Pindari scurry around the kitchen. “How long was I out?” she suddenly realized she didn’t know.

“Out? Oh, unconscious?” Pindari closed her eyes a moment to consider. “Three days before Daniel returned with Samuel, then another four after they removed that thing.” Her voice held real contempt, which surprised Cameron.

“A week, wow.” Cam hugged the robe she was wearing tighter about her waist. “Bet I lost weight.”

“Bet you didn’t. Tendar probably did.” Pindari set a loaf of bread down on the table. “Eat some of that, the soup is being heated up.”

Cam just smiled slightly, then asked why the implant bothered Pindari so much. “I mean, I understand it malfunctioned or I rejected it or whatever, but in general, it was a lifesaving device that I needed. A miracle of modern medicine, human medicine.”

“I know.” Pindari sighed. “But nearly everyone who has arrived with such miracles ends up dead or ill. Ix doesn’t like them.”

“Yeah, I figured that out.” Cam bit off a chunk of the bread, her mouth filling with saliva at the first touch on her tongue. She was starving. She chewed, swallowed, took another bite, eyes closed to relish the taste and sensation of food in a belly too long empty. When the soup was set down in front her, she pulled it closer and bent over the bowl, inhaling deeply. She all but worshiped the scent.

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