Page 76 of Magic in His Arms

“That sounds sweet...I guess.”

“Yup.”

“Which clan?”

“Daring Claw.”

Elida looked it up and blinked.“Holy shit.He and the chief were athletes.”

“They are good at maintenance.Really good.”

“What was the speaker’s sport?”

“Powerlifting.”

“Uh-huh.Looks like it.”

“He’s very nice and adheres precisely to the rules.”

Elida wrinkled her nose.“Those can be fun.”

“Not when I have been waiting so long for someone who wants me.”

Elida noticed a flicker in Never’s aura.“How long can you keep her alive?”

“Let’s hope they can decide on the markings quickly.I think I have about an hour.”

Elida’s eyes widened, and she headed back to the patient room.“Emily, no rush, but Aida’s life support is going to need life support in about an hour.”

Emily nodded.“I can do it.Shirt off and bend forward.Let’s get this started.”

Cor obliged, and then Emily got to work prepping his skin.The glyph went on in ten minutes, was cleaned, and covered.Aida’s design went in the same spot at the base of her neck.The moment Emily said, “They are done,” there was a thud and shouting in the hallway.

Elida darted outside and saw Never seizing on the ground.“Oh, shit.”

She called Iscorabella, and when she answered, Elida said, “There’s an emergency at the hospital.It’s Never.”

“Never is good at emergencies.”

“No, she is the emergency.”

“What?I am on my way.Wait, did you tell Tam-or?”

“No.Why?”

“They are...I will tell him.”

“Good.”

Elida watched as they wrestled the orc onto a gurney, and Elida made a note to call a tailor.Those leathers were terribly expensive and hard to replace.She sighed and went to help get her out of the suit.She might be able to keep the parts for repair.

* * * *

Cora watched the dripin her sister’s arm.Energy depletion.She usually could pull from nature, but there was none around her.She could pull from the living, but they were all ill.Hospitals were not a good food source.

“Never, why didn’t you say something?”

A soft voice behind her said, “A life was at stake.An innocent had been hunted to the edge of survival, and Never stepped in to keep her from falling.”