Dying to Live: The Shifter City Complete Series by Liam Kingsley

Author:Liam Kingsley [Kingsley, Liam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

Killian faded in and out of consciousness. Scents of hair products filled his nostrils, overlaying a masculine scent he recognized. Pan, he thought. Today was his appointment with Pan. He should check the time….

“Doctor! Where’s the doctor?”

The panicked shout startled Killian awake. A swirl of brown, white, and soft fluorescent spun in his vision, making him dizzy. His ribs ached. He squeezed his eyes shut, willing the dizziness to go away. As it did, so did he. Dreams filled his mind in abstract colors and incomprehensible sounds, pummeling him as he fell into a bottomless pit. Everything was burning. A massive needle moved toward him in slow motion, rippling and undulating like a headless serpent, aiming for his arm. He screamed and tried to run, but he was caught in a free-fall. His heart raced as the serpent inched closer and closer, taunting him, until finally it struck. Embedding itself in his arm, the serpent shrank and was still. The burning shapes around him went out one by one, and he found himself lying flat on his back in a meadow of ice. Clear plastic birds filled with sloshing liquid flew overhead, singing a persistent song in unison. Beep. Beep. Beep….

With a gasp and a violent shake, Killian returned to the waking world. Henry Snow’s severe, disapproving face glared down at him.

“Might want to work on your bedside manner, doc,” Killian said as he fell back against his pillow. “If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were gonna lecture me.”

“I am.”

“Oh. Guess I don’t know better.”

“What the hell were you thinking, Killian?”

“Which time?”

“The time you decided to mess around for four hours instead of coming straight here.”

“Oh, that. Had an emergency to deal with.”

“What on earth could have possibly been a bigger emergency than that?!” Henry jabbed a finger toward Killian’s arm, which had been wrapped from wrist to elbow.

“The kid who inflicted it,” Killian said. “And his irritating parents.”

“Discipline is secondary to injury, Killian! Do you have any idea how bad this is?”

“Pretty bad,” Killian said nonchalantly. “Lee and Brad were left to deal with fifteen kids today. God knows what I’ll be walking into Monday morning.”

“A casket if you don’t start taking this seriously.”

Killian frowned at the doctor. “What are you talking about? This little bite? It’s not my first, Henry. You know that.”

“Yes, I do. But I also know that this is the first time that your arm tried to peel off of your body afterward.”

Killian’s frown deepened, and Henry sighed. He peeled the dressings off of Killian’s arm, revealing the horrific sight beneath. Black tendrils snaked out from the center of each puncture, sketching a web over what remained of his skin. His skin itself was a splotchy mess of tomato-red and flaking white, punctuated by angry yellow blisters. Sweat trickled down his spine and he swallowed hard.

“I’m sorry, Henry. I wrapped it up before this happened. It was angry, but I figured it could wait until Damian had been taken care of.”

“And the fever? Or didn’t you notice.

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