Thirty-five – 01

“What happened?”

J.T. shook his head in answer to Jacqueline’s question, continuing on his jog back toward the fire. She turned quickly and kept pace, her eyes on Phelan’s pale face, a contorted expression frozen on the once-druid’s face. Her heart skipped a beat and her throat tightened.

Oh, God, what just happened? What happened out there?

“Jay.”

“I don’t know, Jac. He just collapsed, okay?  He collapsed and I need to get the hell back out there to back everyone up because if I don’t, who the hell knows what’s going to happen.”

She stopped in her tracks and watched him keep going, deeper into the tent and toward the fire. Her heart tried to pound itself out of her chest as her throat constricted even further. What the heck is going on out there? She bit her lip, glancing back over her shoulder.

White light flared beyond the tent’s flap and she twisted away, breathing a curse as she threw up an arm to shield her eyes. What was that?

“Jac!  I could use you over here.”

She swore under her breath again and turned, rushing toward the sound of J.T.’s voice. “What’s happened?”

“Just twitching, that’s all. Do you want him out here or in his bed?”

“By the fire,” she answered without thinking as drew closer. Tala stared at her, wide-eyed, one of the twins cradled in the crook of her arm, the other in a moses basket at her feet.

“What’s going on out there?” Tala asked.

Jacqueline shook her head. “I have no idea, but Jay has to get back out there. Can you get my kit?”

Tala nodded, nestling her daughter into the basket with her brother. “Hanging by your bed?”

“With Phelan’s,” she said as she knelt down next to her unconscious lover.   Jacqueline shrugged out of her coat and bunched it up, tucking it under Phelan’s head. “Bring both. Go, Jay. Make sure they’re not doing anything that’s going to get them killed.”

“You’ve got this?”

“I’d better.” Jacqueline stared at Phelan’s pale face, heart giving a painful squeeze. “Go. Make sure that he’s the only one I’ll need to fix.”

In the meantime, I have to figure out how I’m going to do that.

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One Response to Thirty-five – 01

  1. ohhh. What a mess. At least they did have a small rest period before all hell broke lose again. I made a cheat sheet to keep all the people straight. Who they are and who/what they were. My brain was going in circles. LOL

    Thanks for another chapter. Well done!

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