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“I understand they removed his genitals and incinerated them,” Commander Sylvan said mildly.
“Yes, that’s right. But please—they shouldn’t get into trouble for that!” Lili said quickly. “I’m sure I’m not the only one that horrible man had come after. He kept telling me to…to scream and saying…” She swallowed hard, forcing the words out. “He said he liked it when they screamed,” she got out at last.
Sylvan’s face darkened.
“He’d attacked women before, then.”
“Definitely.” Lili nodded. “Light told me the Kindred call a man like that a ‘Broken One,’” she added.
“We do indeed,” Sylvan said. “It sounds like Dark and Light were justified in acting as they did.”
“So they’re not in trouble?” Lili asked anxiously. “Because they saved me.”
“No, they’re not in trouble,” Sylvan assured her. A grim little smile played around the corners of his mouth. “Believe me, I know a little about the actions they took to punish the Broken male. I would have done the exact same thing.”
Dr. Olivia gave the big Blood Kindred a knowing look but didn’t say anything to him. Instead, she bustled over to Lili’s side.
“Let me just check your arm. It ought to be healed by now.”
She opened the healing device and flipped off the violet light. Then she examined Lili’s arm.
“Broken wrist?” Commander Sylvan said, coming over to take a look as well.
“Yes, but it was just a greenstick fracture,” Dr. Olivia said. “And look—it’s all better now,” she added, looking at Lili. “Go on—move it,” she added.
Hesitantly, Lili wiggled her hand and wrist. She was relieved to find that she didn’t have any sharp twinges of pain. In fact, she didn’t feel anything at all—her wrist felt completely normal.
“Oh, I am healed!” she exclaimed.
“Told you.” Dr. Olivia smiled at her. “Isn’t Kindred medical technology amazing?”
“It really is.” Lili smiled back at her. “Thank you so much, Dr. Olivia.”
“Oh, you can just call me Liv.” She patted Lili on the shoulder.
Just then there was a knock at the door and two more Kindred stepped in.
“Dark! Light!” Lili looked up at them eagerly. She hadn’t realized how much she’d missed the two of them until she saw them again.
“Hello, Lilibet,” Light said. “We wanted to come check on you.”
“How’s the arm?” Dark rumbled. “Is there permanent damage? Do I need to go break that fucker’s neck?”
“No, no!” Lili exclaimed hurriedly. “Look—I’m all healed already.” She waved her newly healed wrist at them.
“Let me see.” Light came to examine her wrist. He moved it back and forth and felt up and down her forearm, which gave Lili a little shiver. His hands were so big and warm!
At last the Light Twin nodded.
“Yes, it looks good.”
“Thanks to Dr. Olivia—I mean Liv,” Lili said, nodding at her doctor.
“Well, it healed a lot more cleanly because it was properly wrapped before you got to me,” Liv said. She looked at Light. “Were you the one who put that field dressing on her arm? It was really well done.”
“Thank you.” Light nodded at her. “Yes—I was trained as a medic as well as a scout on our home world.”
“You ought to come work with us here at the Med Center,” Liv told him. “We can always use skilled medical personnel. And you could train to be a doctor if you wanted—I started as a nurse myself.”
