A Summoning of Souls by Leanna Renee Hieber

Author:Leanna Renee Hieber [Hieber, Leanna Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1635730600
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2020-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

With a wrenching gasp, the next thing Eve knew was that she was tangled in an embrace with Jacob, on a cot in a clean, white room, a gurney rolling away to the side, likely whatever she’d been laid out on, and it was as if Eve had fallen on top of him yet again, souls crashing into bodies once more. Nurses and doctors shouted.

“A miracle!” one nurse cried to the woman next to her. “I thought they both were passing!”

Her father came rushing in. “Eve, oh my goodness, what—” He carefully extricated her from Jacob and began to examine her wound. Only then did Eve realize how much pain she was in. Her legs gave way, and her father guided her into a chair beside Jacob’s bed.

“Hello, Father, I’m very sorry—”

“I’m sorry for nothing now that you’re safe. Let me just see how deep this is,” he said, peeling back the shredded layer of her dress, over her arm and the rip along her bodice. “What happened; were you stabbed?” he asked.

“I don’t know what happened. I think someone was manipulated in trying to strike us.”

Jacob was delirious, but coming to, murmuring.

“I’m here, I’m here, Jacob,” Eve said, trying to pull away from the examination. “I’m fine, Father. I’m sure it looks worse than it is.”

“It needs stitches,” her father countered. “You did well with stanching blood flow but it needs to be sewn up.” He looked between Eve and Jacob and seemed to understand something. “Talk to him a moment then we’ll have you both patched up. I’ll get everything ready.”

Her father motioned to the nurses, and they exited to prepare, giving the two a moment amid the white cloth screens. Eve was grateful for the scrap of privacy.

Eve sat at Jacob’s bedside, taking his hand. “I’m right here, Jacob; it’s me, it’s Eve. You’ll be all right.”

He stared at her in wonder and hope. “You said…you told me…”

She leaned close to his ear, the act of which was agony, but her murmured words lessened the pain. “I said that I love you. And I do love you.”

Jacob released a happy sigh. “My love,” he whispered, and seemed to drift off into a light sleep as one of the young nurses returned. Rushing to the bedside, the nurse tried to keep him awake and lucid, for fear of aftereffects of a concussion, and he maintained a sleepy, limited responsiveness.

Eve wanted Jacob to declare his heart back to her in turn. She didn’t like having been so vulnerable, having given her truth away with nothing sure in return, but that was perhaps too much to ask considering the circumstances. “Will he be all right?” Eve asked the nurse.

“From what your father said, loss of blood caused his weakness, and he has a concussion that needs to be monitored. But he should recover after rest, aches and pains notwithstanding. His parents have been notified,” the nurse said. “We took his card since he’s an officer of the law. It was easy to reach them; they’re on their way.

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