(eng) McKenzie Hunter - Sky Brooks 03 by Midnight Falls (retail)

Author:Midnight Falls (retail) [Falls, Midnight]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

“Where is it?” Gavin asked, meeting us at the door with Dr. Jeremy on his heels.

Sebastian handed the jar to Dr. Jeremy, who eyed it with disbelief. “This?”

Sebastian nodded. “It will draw out the venom.”

“Then there has to be contact with her?” Dr. Jeremy asked, studying the jar closer, his lips pulling into a disapproving straight line at Sebastian’s affirmation.

Dr. Jeremy moved in slow motion as he prepared Kelly, cleaning her skin and explaining what had to be done. Kelly listened, nodding slowly. I doubt she cared; she just wanted it to be over.

Please let it work. I said it over and over, a supplication to anyone that could help.

If this didn’t work, we didn’t have a lot of options or even another viable lead. We had already lost a day looking for this and more of the body would become paralyzed bit by bit. Dr. Jeremy held the container, and looked inside it, reluctant to proceed.

“Jeremy,” Sebastian urged in a low voice.

Dr. Jeremy nodded, but still didn’t move. When he finally did, it was slow burdened steps in her direction.

Gavin turned to Kelly. “Don’t look,” he said. With a gentle touch on her chin, he guided her attention to him and repeated his request. She nodded, took a deep breath and closed her eyes. But it was a promise that she was only able to keep for a few seconds. “Don’t look, okay?” he said again in a concerned whisper.

Dr. Jeremy’s shoulders slouched as he proceeded, exhaling a long measured breath. He looked at the small creature again before finding the ability to unleash something that had once resided in the dark forest on his protégé.

He placed it onto her legs and we waited. The minutes crawled by and we continued to wait for the little critter to decide whether or not he was going to get off his creepy-crawly ass and do something. Instead, it lay there for a few more minutes as though he was sunbathing in the heat of her skin.

Kelly’s curiosity once again bested her and she was looking back at her leg. With his fingertip on her chin, Gavin guided her face back towards him. “Eyes up here, young lady,” he said with a grin. For a long time her gaze stayed fixed on his. But as each minute passed, she struggled to stay engaged.

It finally moved. First the pale blue creature sidewinded along the length of her leg, then stopped near the top, and like a leech it bored into her. Blood spilled as it waddled deeper in and out, then it inched further up her leg and did

it again. It was a good thing she couldn’t feel anything.

Gavin’s hand was flat against Kelly’s face blocking her view, pressing her face into his chest. He frowned as the creature continued to burrow itself into her. We had one of the strongest witches on this side of the country at our disposal, two elemental elves, and the finest doctor in the world, and we were reduced to using a magical leech to treat Kelly.

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