Heir of Lies by Mallory McCartney

Author:Mallory McCartney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MM Books
Published: 2019-11-16T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Emory

“Miss? Hello?” a woman asked.

“Do you think she is dead?” a man responded.

“Will you shut up Aideon and call 911?”

The two voices bantered around her. There was a pause, and then a series of clicking as the male voice, Aideon, spoke smoothly, “Yes, hello. My wife and I are pulled over on Gore Road, just outside the city, where a young woman looks to have been beaten and is unconscious.”

Another pause.

“Yes, visible wounds, dried blood, bruises. Okay, thank you, and yes, I will stay on the line.”

The padding of soft feet sounded further and further away.

She felt the cool tickling of grass underneath her, a soft wind brushing across her face. Unfamiliar sounds whirled around her, all too sharp, too fast, and too much. Groaning, her eyes fluttered, catching snippets of the scene around her. A piercing blue sky and downy clouds. The woman beside her, her blonde hair tumbling around her shoulders, her features pinching with worry. A strange shaped box was behind them, pulled off to the side from the winding paved pathway, crawling with more people and some form of...carriage?

Coughing, she shut her eyes again, feeling dizzy.

The woman’s voice was gentle when she said, “Hold on, sweetie. It won’t be long now. Everything is going to be okay.”

She didn’t know what she meant, but she was happy to lay here while her body radiated pain. Emory drifted on the sea of sounds and smells circulating around her. Concentrating on breathing in and out, she was comforted by the rattling wet sounds of her lungs dragging for breath. She winced, her eyes flying open when a piercing, wailing noise sliced through the air.

The man, Aideon, stated, “There’s the ambulance and the police. Is she awake?”

Her heart clawed faster at the strange words. Ambulance? Police? Tears seeped from the corners of her eyes, burning as they trickled down her cheeks.

There was an intense squealing and then chaos erupted. Overlapping voices collided around her, questions being shot every direction.

Flinching, Emory tried to get away as another man and woman came into her view.

“Can you tell us your name and how you got here?”

Squinting, Emory took in the big white box with red flashing lights blinking on it. They carried a strange bag; the man took out several tools, and she bared her teeth in a feral way. Heart pounding as they came closer, panic immobilized her.

My name.

The world spun.

What is my name?

A spark bloomed in her chest, becoming an inferno.

“Emory Fae. Emory Reia Fae.” Her voice sounded a thousand miles away.

“Can you tell us what happened?”

Trying to sit up, they responded, coming too close to her, too fast.

“Get away from me!” Emory said roughly. Her mind churned, pulling and tugging at strings with empty endings. What had happened? She was met with a brick wall. Who was she? Another wall. Where was her home? Her family?

Strong hands and a soothing voice pinned her, “You are going to be okay.”

Her screams grew louder, her nails biting into flesh helped to ground her.

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