The Gargoyle’s Gift (THE GARGOYLE KNIGHTS #2) by L. Alexander EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Lovette
“Absolutely not! Just what exactly do you think you’re doing?” I turned
up the wicks on all the oil lamps on my way into the building,
making the intruder flinch away from the sudden light. “You, again.
Why on earth are you stumbling about in my infirmary in the middle of the
night, Gaius Caledon?”
To his credit, the hulking man startled at my words, but he didn’t so
much as pause as he rummaged around in my supplies cabinet. “Healer,”
was all he offered in greeting. Several rolls of gauze and a pile of bandages
littered the floor when he finally stood.
“What are you after in there?” I shooed him with my arms. “You’re
making a mess of things, just go sit down.”
I’d been dreaming of the special lemon-and-lavender meringue pie my
mother always used to make for my birthday. Of sitting in a glade, face
turned up into the sunshine. Then the bell went off in my room, alerting me
that someone required medical attention, ripping me from my peaceful
slumber before I got to have even a single dream taste. I nearly tripped
coming down the stairs because of my robe, and now I was surrounded by
the stench of old ale and blood. Adrenaline and frustration had my skin
flushed hot.
“I don’t need your help,” he slurred, staggering hard against one of the
beds. The iron leg screeched as it dragged against the stone floor.
“Of course you don’t. Sit.” One gentle shove on his shoulder was
enough for him to sit hard on the thin mattress.
Gaius was still in his full stone form, long dark hair knotted and wild
around his face, greenish-gray skin cool and solid to the touch. His wings
were tucked irritably behind him, but one clearly hung lower than the other,
injured, again.
“You don’t get to order me around,” he grumbled, trying and failing to
point a finger at me as I snatched the needle and thread he’d pilfered from
his hand. Even sitting, he was nearly as tall as I was in my human skin. A
logical person would have been afraid of him, especially so incensed as he
was, but I was simply irritated. That seemed to be my natural state around
him.
“In here I do. Besides, you’re the one who rang for help, you obstinate
creature.” My hand went to my hip. In my hurry to respond to the bell, I’d
neglected to put on leggings, so I was standing in just my favorite oversized
tunic and lightweight robe. After giving me a lingering once-over from head
to toe, he frowned intensely and let out a wobbly breath.
“Not on purpose,” he grumbled. “Tripped coming through the door.”
I sighed, pulling the edges of my robe together and cinching the belt
tighter. “Whether you meant to or not, you woke me up. So here I am. Let
me do my job.”
He stretched his leg out with a grimace, the one that had been severed
not all that long ago. Thanks to some healing elixir and his ability to stone
sleep, it had fully reattached, but it was not the same as it had been.
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