I Am Forever (What Kills Me) by Channing Wynne

Author:Channing, Wynne [Channing, Wynne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: to read
Publisher: Jet & Jack Press
Published: 2014-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

I tackled Dr. Femi and launched us toward the door. It didn’t slide open in time and we smashed through the glass.

We tumbled onto the cool floor. Each of her vertebrae was like a hot stone against my stomach. I rounded my back and rolled to my feet like San had taught me. One of my guards grimaced as the rays burned her through her leather gloves, but she reached through the sun’s lasers and dragged Dr. Femi out of the spotlight.

Dr. Femi was crying and writhing like a skewered worm. Her dress was seared into her skin. Her neck was raw and cratered.

“Help!” I hollered down the hall.

I knelt down to calm her and as I reached out, she jerked away. “No! Don’t touch me!”

I snatched my hand back. “Why are we just standing here?” I yelled at my guards who seemed to cower in the shade. San ran into the corridor, shielding his eyes from the light.

“What happened?” he asked.

“I don’t know,” I said. “The UV lights went on.”

Dr. Femi had curled up into a ball. Light-pink, shiny skin appeared across her shoulders. She was no longer making any noise.

“Doctor?” I said.

Slowly she pushed herself up on one elbow, waited, and then rose. Her head down, she turned to me.

“I’m sorry, my lady.”

I was bewildered. “What?”

“Forgive me. I was only concerned about myself. I didn’t fulfill my duty to care for you. I just...ran, like a coward.”

“Oh geez, Doctor Femi. It’s fine. Look, I’m fine. The sun doesn’t bother me. And I would’ve bolted if I were you too.”

“I wasn’t thinking. Then I spoke to you with such disrespect. I am so unworthy of the Divine’s touch.”

According to the Empress, everyone is unworthy of my touch.

“I have shamed myself,” she said. “May I please be relieved?”

“You’re being too hard on yourself. Seriously. It’s okay. As long as you’re okay, that’s all I care about.”

“You are too kind, my lady.”

With that, she slunk away. She appeared physically healed, but the sunlight had burned her mentally, possibly irrevocably. I stood in the doorway, the light and heat on my back, and trembled.

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