Why These Two by Jackie Ivie

Author:Jackie Ivie [Ivie, Jackie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: vampire short story, vampire novella, vampire romance, vampire assassin league
Published: 2013-03-18T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

“The doctor will see you now.”

About time.

Darryl followed the sour-faced, rotund nurse docilely, keeping the tension and excitement well covered. It was made easier by the dark glasses he wore, even here, in a pristine fluorescent-lit environment. Reika hadn’t told him that. She’d said sunlight, not every bright light source. This might be an issue come nightfall. He’d be the first operative wearing sunglasses instead of night vision goggles.

Oh well. It was too late now. And it didn’t really matter. He’d never felt better. He’d spent three hours at the hotel gym, doing every exercise and lifting all sorts of weights, to more than one attendee’s astonishment. He could bench more than four hundred pounds in repetitions of twenty; curl more than 120; leg press to the 750 lb. limit of their equipment, and finished that workout off with a run around the track that would’ve seen him on an Olympic team if he’d timed it.

And he hadn’t even been winded.

This partial vampire stuff was worth the downside. So, he couldn’t make his image out enough to shave. There were good barbers available in any town. And he had trouble with cooked food. He should’ve asked Reika to specify the taste issue. Then again, the four entrees of steak tartare he’d devoured had more than silenced his hunger. This just might work. The slight twinge in his chest every now and again might be an indicator of trouble, though. He’d never felt such a thing, almost like a fist was wrapped about his heart and decided every now and then to squeeze. That’s why he sought a Swiss clinic right now, rather than the nearest base with a VA. He wasn’t letting anyone in the service know about any of this, until he was sure. If possible, he wanted live duty. That meant a full reinstatement. No way was he taking what they’d offered back when he’d been judged incapable of fulfilling his position. He’d rather be a paid mercenary guarding scum, than shining chair seats with his ass. He had too many good years left.

The nurse opened a door to an examination room, waiting patiently for him to enter. He had to duck to make the door jamb. He’d chosen the smallest, oldest, least patronized clinic in town. All he wanted was an x-ray. If that bullet was gone, so was he - on the next flight to the states. No need to make headlines.

The physician was already in the room, perched on a stool, his watery blue eyes behind such thick glasses they looked like fish through an aquarium. Not that it mattered. Darryl wasn’t taking off his dark-tinted glasses. He didn’t care what the doctor thought. He wasn’t ready to handle the instant stab of pain that came without them. The doctor was ancient-looking. He had about ten hairs skimming his age-spot littered scalp. That didn’t matter, either. As long as the man could order an x-ray. That’s all Darryl wanted. The doctor looked up from the file he’d been perusing: Darryl’s file.

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