Hannah Sawyer (Kinsella Universe Book 3) by Gina Marie Wylie

Author:Gina Marie Wylie
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-09-26T06:00:00+00:00

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The ship’s doctor was firm with Hannah. “Seventy-two hours of bed rest, Lieutenant. Entertainment materials only. By bed rest, I mean just that. The first three days you will be permitted accompanied trips to the head and if you’re too shaky, I may change my mind and extend the seventy-two hours. The fourth day, you will walk with a nurse. Fifteen minutes in the morning, fifteen minutes in the afternoon. In the days after that, a longer stretch of walking.

“Once you are released, you will be on light duty for a week, Lieutenant. That means no more than two duty hours a day, for the next seven days, and not to include either flight or sim time. After that, you may resume normal duty hours. Admiral Kinney has already passed the word. Duty days may no longer extend for more than ten hours a day unless we are in combat, or it’s a scheduled and monitored exercise, with scheduled down time afterwards.

“The Exec has ordered me to report to him if you violate the new duty regulations. Most people would only be admonished for violations; he has made it quite clear to me that should you violate the regulations, you will be relieved of combat duties and reassigned to Port duties. When we get home, you’d be assigned to a base and it is unlikely you would ever see aloft duty again. Do I make myself very clear, Lieutenant?”

“Yes, sir.”

He left, leaving Hannah tired and drained. More than anything else, the thought of never going into space again, except as a passenger, hit home. She wanted to kill aliens, so that Gloria would have a company of honor with her, wherever she was.

Then, for the next three days her body made it quite clear that everyone had been right to be concerned. She was weak as a kitten, she had almost no stamina and her hands would start to tremble when she tried to do too much, even if it was to sit up in bed.

She forced herself to do as she was told. The one thing that was good, though, was that they couldn’t monitor her thoughts, and while she might not be able to do anything physically, it didn’t stop her from thinking about everything.

The first day they let her walk, she insisted on finding Lieutenant Shapiro.

“I’m sorry, Lieutenant,” Hannah told the older woman.

“Not to worry, Hannah. I’d been trying to get you to notice me for days.” She lifted her arm in a sling. “A small price to pay for success.”

Hannah frowned, not sure what the other woman meant.

Lieutenant Shapiro laughed at Hannah’s expression. “I’m from Barrio, Hannah. We have our own ways of doing things. Nine tenths of Barrio is covered with water, it’s always cloudy and rains a lot. Just about everything on the planet has teeth, right down to the algae. People from Barrio are noted for always carrying weapons and for being blunt. If something is sneaking up on your partner, you can’t afford to be wordy to let them know what’s going on.

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