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Trying not to look at his pale face, or the way his chest rises and falls erratically, I breathe in slowly. I try to center my thoughts the way I had before. I try to focus on healing him.
As I concentrate, I feel the power inside of me vibrate. It feels natural, almost the way I imagine it feels when someone is an amazing athlete and catches a ball, without even knowing it was coming. My hands begin to glow, and I close my eyes, then lay my hands on his wound and let the healing force surge from me to him.
It’s working!
Almost before I’ve finished, Onyx is moving on his own to sit up. I try to gently push him back down, but he sits up fully, and my hands drop away. He looks at me, then down at the blood that stains the ground.
“Thank you,” he signs.
I sign right back at him. “Thank you.” Then, because I don’t know the other words, I say, “For saving my life. For going into that place after me.”
Even though he still looks pale and exhausted, he nods his head, a small smile curling his lips. I’m surprised when he takes my hand covered in his blood and squeezes it. As I gaze into his eyes, such a dark brown they’re almost black, warmth flows through me followed by butterflies in my stomach. This man is so damned handsome. And when he smiles, he’s absolutely breathtaking.
“You should smile more,” I say.
“Ann! Ann!”
It’s Phantom, and he sounds scared.
“We’re over here! But Onyx was hurt!”
A second later, Phantom and Dusk come exploding out of the trees. They both have their swords out, but when they see us, then look around as if expecting trouble, their swords slowly drop to their sides.
And then, Dusk seems to spot the staff. “How the hell is that here?”
I don’t know what to say. “We… had some trouble.”
Their faces fall, and they both resheath their swords, then join us. Phantom kneels down and begins frantically signing to Onyx. He responds, more slowly. All three of the men’s gazes keep snapping to me, then back to Onyx’s signing.
Oh boy, if they didn’t think I was useless before, I’m sure they do now.
Finally, the signing stops, and Dusk picks up the staff I tossed aside and looks at Phantom. “Shit.”
And I don’t know what he means by it and certainly we aren’t at a place in our … friendship… where he would tell me, but I agree completely.
