Ang called my name from the other side of the world.
Something hit my back.
The lights went out.
Ang was screaming at me to come back.
Come back from where?
“Shock him.” Boutros gave the strangest order.
In the dark I lay, a slight tingling tickled my chest.
“Shock him,” Boutros said again. “The body is all electrostatic impulses. Shock his heart back to beating.”
Was someone sobbing? I wasn’t sure, it was so far away. I felt a jolt. What was that? Where did if come from?
“Again. More.”
Something warm lay over my chest, a flash of light in the darkness, more tingles in my chest.
“Again. More.”
“I’ll kill him.”
“He’s already dead if you don’t.”
Warmth returned to my chest, more went to my side. Power flashed.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Comfort. Warmth.
These were good feelings.
Peace.
No, silence.
What was wrong with that?
Peace is boring, and you don’t like silence.
“Thanks, Salvadora.”
You’re welcome, now open your eyes, you’ve been asleep long enough.
And you owe me your life.
That was Lord Aurexian’s voice, channelled through Dora.You’ll need to wake up to pay.
Moving my eyelids was like shifting a granite block from one of the walls of this fortress. It wasn’t something I wanted to do. But I had to. Several efforts to blink finally brought the room into focus.
I was home. In my own bed. The space beside me was empty. No Ang.
Don’t worry, he’s just fallen asleep by the fire in the other room.
Salvadora’s words were a relief.
