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Once I knew he was back asleep, I brought the blanket up to cover their naked bodies and moved to the door.
Time to find out what's going on.
* * *
"That should do it," Harrison declared, rising from his crouched position.
I glanced at Celestia's thigh and was relieved to see the once purple-red bruise that had been there for days was finally gone.
Celestia was dozing off, her head beginning to fall to the side before she'd lift it up in dazed confusion. Her eyes slowly closed again, and she started to lean to one side.
Orion walked over to where she sat on the medical table. He lifted himself onto the table to sit next to her and wrapped his left arm around her shoulder to ease her into resting against him.
She didn't even fight to open her eyes again, and her breathing slowed down, alerting me that she had fallen back asleep.
With an appreciative smile, I moved to stand next to Orion, and Harrison began to perform another assessment of Celestia. Magnor, Orlando, Hellsin, and Charlotte waited on the other side of the small medical room, watching closely.
I was able to find Magnor where Rainer had suggested I look, and Asher was with him. I didn't mind Asher being there as I explained what was going on along with Rainer's suspicions. Magnor got Harrison within five minutes, and we'd sent Asher to get Charlotteand the others.
It wasn't hard to wake Orion, but Celestia was extremely groggy. We ended up changing her into shorts and Orion's shirt before carrying her to the medical room located on this side of Alpha Pure.
Harrison took ten minutes to perform an overall assessment of Celestia before he focused on the area in question. It was the first time I got to see a unicorn shifter use healing magic, and it was more powerful than what the other guys in the group and I were capable of.
Even Magnor's powers ranked half as strong compared to Harrison's, and that was the primary reason he was letting Harrison do most of the work and giving him space.
Celestia was in and out of sleep the entire time, and the moments she was partially awake, she'd just give us a confused look and fall back to sleep.
"How bad was it?" Orion asked quietly. He'd looked depressed for the majority of the assessment, which was something I'd been trying to avoid, but I knew he'd figure it out eventually. I didn't want him blaming himself for this, and I intended to tell him that once Celestia's parents were gone.
"She'll be okay. Both her and Sia. The Darkness was draining a large amount of energy from Celestia, but not enough for her to notice," Harrison explained.
"You mean to say Celestia has a lot more power, and that was but a fragment?" I asked.
"I'd say the connection absorbed about 30% of Celestia's power. She must not have noticed or experienced exhaustion because she's been relaxed and hasn't used energy in a while.If this were Aslan, however, the situation would be a lot worse," Harrison elaborated.
"You mean because she'd be spending a lot more magic doing classes and tests?" Orion asked.
Magnor moved to where Harrison stood. "Yes. She would have felt groggy or would have taken a number of naps to get through the day."
Charlotte, Hellsin, and Orlando shuffled a bit closer to join the conversation.
"Is she exhausted now because of the draining of energy from that dark source?" Charlotte asked.
Orion and I both blushed and glanced away.How awkward would that be to explain we had a threesome early in the morning and left your daughter spent. So very awkward.
"No. She must have gone to bed late. I can guess she stayed up waiting for Finn, correct?" Magnor suggested, looking at both of us.
I love Magnor!
"Yes. She stayed awake till I came back at four in the morning," I admitted. "We talked for a bit and well, by the time we went to bed it was five something?"
"It's seven thirty right now, and we kind of woke her up when we were carrying her," Orion added.
"She's just sleepy, Charlotte. I made sure to check when I did the scan. Nothing to worry about," Harrison concluded. She sighed and nodded, and Hellsin and Orlando put a comforting hand on each of her shoulders.
"She'll be okay," Orlando whispered.
"It's good Finn caught on to it," Hellsin added.
