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insurmountable pain, though, as his anger spiked and he refused to back off and stop poking through recollections of my mother’s funeral service that I was determined to defend.
Kai began pleading with me to stop fighting Alex. Then he exchanged rapid words with Alex in Portuguese as he removed the long needle from my left arm at last. Remy and Alcaeus were soon arguing with Alex in Portuguese as well.
Though I went from crying and groaning in agony to screaming bloody murder, I was rewarded when I felt my muscles begin trembling and shaking to life again, fighting against whatever voodoo restraint he’d used to disable them as I imagined clobbering Alex with all of my might.
And just as the excruciating sensation of my brain catching fire from within started to blaze, something snapped and my right hand flew up from its imaginary restraint to land an open-palmed, resoundingly loud thwack against Alex’s ear.
It was a short-lived but tremendous victory, as my hand was drawn back down and the imaginary restraints fastened around me tighter than before. The look of dazed astonishment on Alex’s face, though, had been priceless, and well worth the devastating, shattering torture in my head that followed.
From the sound of Remy’s swearing and Alcaeus’ raucous laughter in the background, I got the impression it’d been a while since anyone had dared to box their little brother in the ear.
“Yes, sedate her,” Alex ordered. “Now.”
“This is going to hit you fast,” Kai told me as another needle pierced my arm.
And it did. I shut my eyes as the room began to spin.
There was more arguing between the brothers in Portuguese that escalated into shouting, and then finally I knew inner peace as I sensed Alex slip from my mind and release his imprisoning hold over me.
As every muscle in my body felt flooded with languor from whatever drug Kai had just given me, it served to accentuate just how tightly I’d unconsciously been holding and flexing those muscles while trying to break free, as now I was forced to release and relax every single large and tiny one I’d been contracting. Soon all of those exhausted, released muscles began trembling, though, and I was twitching and shaking like a leaf.
I was also suddenly cold. Very cold. I noted the absence of his heat and realized Alex was no longer hovering over me.
I heard him bark something in Portuguese and Kai respond in an apologetic tone and then issue what sounded like more directives to others in the room.
Warm blankets were soon piled atop and tucked all around me where I lay trembling like some addict on the marble floor. It felt good, but I didn’t understand why they were bothering to make me comfortable.
Now that Alex had gleaned whatever petty information he needed from my mind, I was sure he’d be killing me in short order. I prayed this wasn’t going to be one of those horror flick situations where they made me better just so they could slowly torture me to death.
I inadvertently whimpered when my left arm was pulled from beneath its warm cover and yet another needle pierced my vein without warning.
“Sorry,” Kai said. “This will help the shaking.”
Warm knuckles ghosted down the side of my face a moment later in a thoroughly bewildering gesture of comfort.
Even with my eyes closed, I knew it was Alex touching me. I could feel his distinct heat lingering above me again, and I could smell him. My shaking subsided.
I was surprised further when I felt sure, graceful fingers begin smoothing my wild, errant hair from my face and wiping the residual dampness from my cheeks. I sniffled and a shudder ran through me as he continued to rake gentle fingers through the hair at my scalp in a caress that to my sickening irritation felt absurdly delightful.
How dare he? Tears pooled behind my closed eyelids despite my resolve to withhold them.
With the scant muscle control I still had, I attempted to turn my head away, hoping he’d take it as
Kai began pleading with me to stop fighting Alex. Then he exchanged rapid words with Alex in Portuguese as he removed the long needle from my left arm at last. Remy and Alcaeus were soon arguing with Alex in Portuguese as well.
Though I went from crying and groaning in agony to screaming bloody murder, I was rewarded when I felt my muscles begin trembling and shaking to life again, fighting against whatever voodoo restraint he’d used to disable them as I imagined clobbering Alex with all of my might.
And just as the excruciating sensation of my brain catching fire from within started to blaze, something snapped and my right hand flew up from its imaginary restraint to land an open-palmed, resoundingly loud thwack against Alex’s ear.
It was a short-lived but tremendous victory, as my hand was drawn back down and the imaginary restraints fastened around me tighter than before. The look of dazed astonishment on Alex’s face, though, had been priceless, and well worth the devastating, shattering torture in my head that followed.
From the sound of Remy’s swearing and Alcaeus’ raucous laughter in the background, I got the impression it’d been a while since anyone had dared to box their little brother in the ear.
“Yes, sedate her,” Alex ordered. “Now.”
“This is going to hit you fast,” Kai told me as another needle pierced my arm.
And it did. I shut my eyes as the room began to spin.
There was more arguing between the brothers in Portuguese that escalated into shouting, and then finally I knew inner peace as I sensed Alex slip from my mind and release his imprisoning hold over me.
As every muscle in my body felt flooded with languor from whatever drug Kai had just given me, it served to accentuate just how tightly I’d unconsciously been holding and flexing those muscles while trying to break free, as now I was forced to release and relax every single large and tiny one I’d been contracting. Soon all of those exhausted, released muscles began trembling, though, and I was twitching and shaking like a leaf.
I was also suddenly cold. Very cold. I noted the absence of his heat and realized Alex was no longer hovering over me.
I heard him bark something in Portuguese and Kai respond in an apologetic tone and then issue what sounded like more directives to others in the room.
Warm blankets were soon piled atop and tucked all around me where I lay trembling like some addict on the marble floor. It felt good, but I didn’t understand why they were bothering to make me comfortable.
Now that Alex had gleaned whatever petty information he needed from my mind, I was sure he’d be killing me in short order. I prayed this wasn’t going to be one of those horror flick situations where they made me better just so they could slowly torture me to death.
I inadvertently whimpered when my left arm was pulled from beneath its warm cover and yet another needle pierced my vein without warning.
“Sorry,” Kai said. “This will help the shaking.”
Warm knuckles ghosted down the side of my face a moment later in a thoroughly bewildering gesture of comfort.
Even with my eyes closed, I knew it was Alex touching me. I could feel his distinct heat lingering above me again, and I could smell him. My shaking subsided.
I was surprised further when I felt sure, graceful fingers begin smoothing my wild, errant hair from my face and wiping the residual dampness from my cheeks. I sniffled and a shudder ran through me as he continued to rake gentle fingers through the hair at my scalp in a caress that to my sickening irritation felt absurdly delightful.
How dare he? Tears pooled behind my closed eyelids despite my resolve to withhold them.
With the scant muscle control I still had, I attempted to turn my head away, hoping he’d take it as
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