Broken Protocols 1-3 by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Comedy
ISBN: 9781927461938
Publisher: Valley Publishing
Published: 2015-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Dani had finally filled up enough to know that she was going to make it another day. She wasn’t so sure of Charmin, as he’d finished his second helping and was plowing through a third right now. For herself, the fatigue had returned in triplicate. The pod seemed too far away to reach, and her eyelids were already drooping.

Before she had a chance to decide if sleeping where she sat for a few moments was a good idea or not, she was scooped up and carried into the tiny healing room. She snuggled against Levi’s chest. “Sorry, just got so tired all of a sudden.”

“Hey, it was a tough morning for all of us.” He shifted her in his arms. “An afternoon nap is perfect.”

She heard a series of buttons clicking then a low hum. The healing pod. She so wanted to be in there. And just like that, he laid her down inside and dropped a kiss on her forehead. She smiled sleepily, closed her eyes, and let her mind drift off.

She heard the door shut behind Levi as he exited. In the distance there were sounds of conversation, but it was far enough out of her hearing that she couldn’t make out the words.

Drifting was nice, easy. She heard a weird sound then felt something small hit her arm. She rubbed her arm then rolled over to get more comfortable, loving the way the bed adjusted beneath her. What a marvelous invention. Several small noises outside the pod bothered her, but there was a buffer created by the pod’s humming noise that filtered those out. It was great.

But maybe not quite great. Her eyes opened. Something didn’t feel right.

She didn’t feel right.

But she didn’t know what was wrong.

“Charmin? Are you here?” He’d said he’d follow her in a few minutes when Levi had carried her in this direction – but had he?

It felt like…someone was here.

And as that knowledge filtered in, she realized that someone definitely was, but it was not someone she knew. Or rather, wasn’t someone who was supposed to be in here.

Shit.

Her breath caught in the back of her throat. What was she supposed to do? She could slip out of the pod and make a run for the door, but it wasn’t like that would be a subtle move. They’d see her. And maybe that was okay. Just because there was a stranger in here didn’t mean they were out to get her. Except everyone that had been a stranger so far had been out to do just that.

She could lie here and pretend to be asleep.

Gently, she rubbed a sore spot on her arm.

Slowly, she pulled her feet up toward her chest. She felt exposed. What if this person grabbed her by her feet? That thought whirled inside her head, making her almost blind with fear. Her breathing became raspy. The more she tried to control her breathing, the worse it got. The pod lights changed from blue to purple, and immediately more heat beat down on top of her.

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