The Majors, Cold Fury (Book 2)

Chapter 57: Scott POV

I blinked.

The last thing I remembered was them putting me to sleep so they could give me stitches across my cheek. I took in my surroundings. I was still in the apothecary, and the sun was rising just outside of the window.

Katherine was standing next to the bed they had put Erin, and it seemed she was writing notes. There was another girl that couldn't be older than eighteen, having a conversation with Joel who was laying down on the other end of the room. He had a bulky brace around his ribcage and a cast around his left ankle.

Across the room was three other beds. One was empty, but Shrub was sitting up in one, and Gem was sitting in the one directly across the room from me, reading and wearing a pair of glasses.

I had bandages wrapped around my right arm, underneath I felt a sticky ointment. On my left arm, there was something wrapped around my upper arm, and it ached horribly. I was shirtless and I felt bandages wrapped tightly around my torso, and something on my cheek. I shifted, trying to sit up, but everything hurt.

I heard a shuffle. "No- Scott lie down." Gem said, pulling something soft underneath my head and gently pushing me back down.

"But-" I started. I saw Katherine over me as well.

"Scott, don't you dare start this." She said sternly.

I turned my head to look at Erin who was unconscious to the right of me, before looking back up at Katherine. "How is she?" I asked.

Katherine frowned. Then, "Help me lean him against the bedframe." She said to Gem. They both took my arms and pulled me up, so my back was leaned against the back of the bed.

"What is it?" I asked nervously, worried something happened to her. I felt the frost building up on my chest and the bed, and felt the temperature drop slightly.

"She's going to wake up. I know that much. We just don't know when." Katherine said, but then she bit her lip. "I don't know how she's going to act once she does though. She still seems corrupted. Her blood is laced with black, and her arms are still..."

I could see what she meant from here. "We'll figure it out." I answered, hoping I sounded more confident than I felt. But Katherine's face was still filled with concern. "What else?"

"I ran more tests. Basic ones. Checked her weight, heartbeat, blood flow and cholesterol levels." Katherine continued, opening the small thing of notes again. "I was able to calculate how much she weighed, minus the wings. She's 88 pounds Scott. Which is light even for her size... she's extremely malnourished, not just because of her upbringing. Her heart rate isn't normal either... it seems to be failing. Or it would be failing if it wasn't for her magic keeping it beating. Like what I said before, her body needs the power to survive."

My face fell and I bit the inside of my cheek. "I should never have let her go." I mumbled, rubbing my face with my hands, and wincing slightly at the movement of my arms, feeling the bandage on my cheek.

"Scott, there was nothing you could have done. My brother would have killed her if she had stayed with you." Gem answered. Then she sighed. "I'm trying to get him to lift charges. He's thinking about it, but she'll be restricted, no matter what happens."

I nodded. "I expected that." I muttered, rubbing the back of my neck. "Where is everyone anyways?"

"We moved everyone who didn't need much treatment, to the castle. They'll be staying there until we can sort everyone's minor injuries out." Katherine said, but then she glanced down at my chest. "But we need to talk about this." She said, pressing a finger against a long white scar on my chest that I swear wasn't there before, as she sat down on the edge of the bed.