Noah's Nemesis by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781773364704
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2021-08-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Di woke up to mostly darkness. A soft light was on in the room around her, and she stared in shock, as she tried to figure out where she was. She studied the walls, shifted slightly, and her gaze landed on Noah, sitting there, poring over a laptop. “Noah?” she whispered.

Immediately he hopped up, set aside the laptop, and took one big step toward her, where he sat down on the edge of the bed. He reached out and gently rubbed his knuckle along her cheek. “How are you doing?”

“I don’t know,” she said. “My stomach hurts. My chest hurts.” She frowned. “My throat—”

“What’s the last thing you remember?”

“We were heading up to our suite,” she muttered, staring at him with confusion.

“That last drink,” he said, “you tossed it back and handed me the glass and said you’d been fighting a bit of a headache for the last few minutes. You were really tired, and it was definitely time to go. So you took a few steps, then pitched forward. I was barely able to catch you in time.”

She stared up at him. “Wow. Why?” Her mind tried to process the information, but it wasn’t making sense.

“Because you were slipped a date-rape drug,” he said quietly.

Her eyes opened immediately, and alarm flooded her system. “What?” She tried to sit up, but Noah gently pushed her back down.

“You heard me,” he said.

She shook her head and then winced. “God,” she said, “was it him?”

“Well, I hope so,” he said in a joking manner. “Otherwise somebody else is after you.”

She just stared at him and sank deeper into the bed. “That’s gross,” she said. “I didn’t even notice any difference in the taste.”

“And that’s partly why he waited so late in the evening. You would have had a few drinks, so less aware. It is tasteless, colorless, odorless, all that good stuff.”

“It’s a perfect drug then, isn’t it?”

“For predators, yes,” he said. “And that just makes it all that much harder to deal with.”

“Sucks though.” She stared around at the room. “So, he didn’t get me, and I’m not hurt?”

“He didn’t get you, and, no, you’re not hurt. I carried you out of there, told everybody you just tripped, and Rory met me in the garage, and we brought you here to get your stomach pumped.”

“Jesus,” she said, “I guess that’s why my stomach hurts.”

“Absolutely,” he said, with a smile. “So, besides your stomach, how are you feeling?”

“Well, my head hurts,” she said, “and my throat feels thick. Even my voice feels wrong.”

“To a certain extent it is, but that’ll all get better as you recover.”

“How long am I staying here?”

“The doctor wanted you here at least overnight, just to make sure you’ve worked your way through the drugs in your system.”

She sighed. “You mean, pumping my stomach didn’t get it all out?”

“I think he just wanted to make sure that he didn’t let you go, if there was any chance of you having a relapse.”

“I get that,” she said, snuggling deeper.

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