The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0075

The doctor comes over to me. He begins checking my vitals, flashing his light in my eyes, looking over the machines as he talks. “Cara, I’m Dr. Harris. How are you feeling?”

“Terrible.” I reply.

He nods. “Can you be more specific. Do you feel burning? Aching? Sharp pains?” “Burning, yes. Aching, yes. No sharp pain, just a general, all over pain.”

“I don’t know if your father has had a chance to tell you, but I’ll give you a quick overview of your health. Your body was flooded with the venom of your kidnapper. Your body and Artemis are rejecting the venom making it act like a poison. Artemis is fighting the venom’s spread in your body, so don’t be alarmed if you can’t hear her.”

I nod, “I can feel her, but I can’t hear her.”

“That’s good, and to be expected. You are healing faster than I anticipated.” He smiles, “Or maybe I should have expected it since you are a Guardian.”

“The pain you feel should lessen as time goes on. I’d like for you to continue to try to drink fluids in addition to what we are putting into your system. I’d also like for you to try to get some sleep and when you wake again, try to eat something. Do you think you can do that?”

I nod, already feeling exhausted by this interaction. My eyes start to close but before I fall asleep I hear my father telling me he’ll be right here when I wake up.

It must be the middle of the night because Lacey is asleep in one chair and Jason is asleep in the other. My dad isn’t in the room and I smile because he’ll be pissed that he wasn’t here

Jason’s eyes open and then he jolts up from his chair. “Cara.” He loudly whispers trying not to wake Lacey.

“I’ll go get the doc and I’ll mind link your dad, he’s gonna be pissed that you woke up. It took him hours to

I ask, my throat scratchy again.

my lips

is.” She gets up and Jason leaves to go get the

you feeling better?” She asks while refilling my glass.

to put the straw up to my mouth, but I reach

Harris. “Hey doc.” I say as he walks

an eyebrow at him. “Am I your only patient?” I

known for spending long periods of time in a hospital room, shifter healing and all,

done when my dad breezes into the room. “Cara. I knew I shouldn’t

fine dad, you need to eat, sleep

over and looks at me. “Your eyes seem brighter. How are you feeling?”

than before. I still can’t hear Artemis, but even she feels stronger than she did the last