The Dragon King

Chapter Eighteen

Riverton

Levi's mind drifted in and out of consciousness as he was rolled through the hallways on something, a woman's voice spoke out loud over numerous other noises. He felt multiple pairs of hands doing all kinds of things to him.

He opened his mouth wanting to speak, but felt that his voice had gone hoarse and there wasn't enough strength. "Imani," he whispered. He knew no one could hear him. He reached out hoping to grab onto one of the people that surrounded him.

He grabbed ahold of a wrist, and a young woman's voice came, "Doctor!"

He didn't know what was happening next, but he had gotten someone's attention. "Imani," he said again. He had to get someone to hear him. He had to make sure she was okay, and that she wasn't alone. He tried once more. "Imani."

"Imani Bones," another woman's voice, stronger then the first, spoke up. Her voice as it filled his ears once more, "Get some paramedics to the Bones' household ASAP."

His hand dropped back to his side as a burden felt lifted off his chest. He just hoped that she wasn't in this same state. That she was okay, and this was only happening to him. Could he be having an allergic reaction to something? Something that he didn't remember?

Once again, his head rolled to the right and darkness surrounded him.

***

Levi slowly opened his eyes. Rays of sunlight poured into the room, and he heard the rhythmic beeps of a machine nearby.

He blinked slowly a couple of times trying to adjust the fog in his vision. He sucked in a deep breath, but felt a small pain as he did so causing him to cough instead of get the relief of air he needed.

Something appeared in his vision. Something blurred that he couldn't make out. He squinted his eyes as a girl leaned in closer to him. She smiled wide showing off her white teeth, and her blonde locks shimmered in the sun.

She leaned in close and whispered inches away from his face, "I will always be with you."

He blinked rapidly a few times trying to clear his vision to see the girl in front of him. When his vision cleared, he was surprised to see that no one was in the room except for him.

He glanced around noticing the machines beside him and an IV in his hand, but he was completely alone. Was he just imagining things?

He laid all the way back and sighed heavily. Back in the hospital. What had happened last night? Had he just gotten a bad case of food poisoning? He had felt awful. At least not having any memories, he could truly say that that was the worst he'd ever felt before. Unfortunately, he didn't quite feel one hundred percent yet either.

Footsteps echoed in the hallway along with two female voices. He rolled his eyes. He wasn't ready for visitors yet. He closed his eyes pretending to be asleep hoping that whoever was outside would come back at a later time.

"Let me check on him," one of the ladies said. The voices hushed for a moment before continuing. "He's still unconscious."

"Good," the other lady replied. "The last thing we need is him panicking. I've seen what he can do when he get's upset. We don't need another episode from panic. I can't spare anyone to fetch him this time."

"Doctor," the previous lady spoke again. "If you don't want me to tell the patient, then who? We can't discharge him without telling anyone what happened."

"Nurse Leia, please don't question my judgement," the doctor responded, her voice sounding huffy. "If we tell the boy or his guardians that he was poisoned it's going to cause chaos, and I don't think Mayor Raven needs anything more on her plate."