Awakening by Bethany Adams

Author:Bethany Adams [Adams, Bethany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9997587-1-7
Publisher: Bethany Adams

Chapter 18

By the time they reached his room, Vek thought his brain might turn in on itself, and now the beginnings of hunger stirred to join the turmoil. Surprisingly, Dria had managed to remain conscious, but it was no mercy. She moaned as the mage, Fedah, eased her body onto the bed. An echoing ache burned down his own legs until he wanted to scratch at them, but it would do no good. He should have let them take her to her own room as planned.

But he couldn’t bear having her out of his sight.

“Be careful,” the mage levitating Vek snapped. “You’re hurting her.”

“It’s not like I can avoid it, Gessen,” the other woman answered.

Vek studied the man’s pale face as he worked. Although Gessen kept flicking glances at Dria, his hold on the levitation spell never wavered. With a gentle rush of magic, Vek was settled on the bed beside Dria. His mate whimpered as the mattress shifted, but she surprised him by gathering his hand in hers.

“Thank you,” Dria whispered, though it was unclear who her gratitude was for.

The door opened, and the healer, Lial, rushed in. “Leave,” he commanded the other occupants of the room. “Family or potential family only.”

Gessen opened his mouth as if to argue, but Fedah gripped his upper arm and tugged. “She needs healing more than she needs us.”

Vek twisted his head, intent on ordering Fen to go with them, but his stomach heaved with the motion. Then the healer blocked his view, and the expression he turned on Vek held a hard, almost scornful, anger. If Lial didn’t mind that Fen had settled into a chair by the corner, Vek wasn’t going to argue the point.

“Your folly hurts her,” Lial said.

Vek scowled at the harsh words. “You know nothing about—”

“I know exactly what you are.” The healer settled a finger between Vek’s brows. “This is a pain that can easily be soothed by a competent healer. How many years have you suffered for pride?”

“Survival, not pride.” The only healer his father had directed to help had been unable to fix the damage to Vek’s channels, and he’d been unwilling to risk others learning of the weakness. “I could never open myself up to—”

“Ah, yes, the Unseelie code. Hide vulnerabilities and guard against betrayal.” Lial snorted. “Spare me. You’ll let me heal you now, or I will have you removed from this room. I can numb my cousin’s nerves while I repair her bones, but it is not as easy to block what transfers through the beginnings of a bond. You will not distract either of us during this healing with your own stupidity.”

Vek snarled, baring his teeth, but the healer merely lifted a brow. If he weren’t in so much pain, he would rend Lial’s arm from his body for daring to touch him. But then Dria’s moan deepened, and Vek was forced to concede that the man had a point. The longer he waited, the more she suffered.

“Do not think to take advantage of what you find in my mind,” Vek said.

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