Free ReEmergent -Guardians of Vesturon [4] by A.M. Hargrove Page B

called out to you for days on end, but you never answered.” He hugged her tightly to him and then said, “If I had my way, I would hold you like this forever and never let you go. Now I’m really probably scaring the hell out of you and I apologize for it, but that’s the truth of it and the way I feel about you.”
    He asked her to tell him about her headaches and she explained how they would hit her head like a massive explosion, leaving her writhing in pain and helpless to do anything. The medicine would only do so much, but they assured her it was part of the normal healing process.
    “ I wish I had known. I would have been here to help you,” he said as he rubbed her back.
    “ There’s nothing you could do so don’t worry about it.”
    “ I could have come and rubbed your forehead or something. Promise me you’ll call me when you get them. Promise?”
    “ Okay.”
    Raya, Saylan’s mother came in then and was surprised to find her daughter cuddled up on Xarrid’s lap. She beamed at the two of them as she asked if they would care for some refreshments.
    “ That would be wonderful,” Saylan exclaimed.
    Raya returned with a tray of beverages and snacks for the couple to enjoy. She left them alone again, for she felt that Xarrid was the key to getting Saylan back to her normal self.
    When dusk began to fall, Xarrid decided he didn’t want to wear out his welcome. “I think I need to be heading home now. I don’t want to over stay and you still need your rest.”
    “ When will I see you again?” she asked.
    “ Whenever you want.”
    “ Tomorrow?”
    “ Tomorrow.” He took her hand and kissed her palm and then the back of her hand. Then he went to move her off his lap, but she grabbed him and hugged him to her.
    “ We were going to be united weren’t we?”
    “ We still are Saylan. Whenever you’re ready, you name the day and time and I’ll be there waiting for you.”
    She looked at him and nodded, gave him a quick kiss and smiled before she moved off of his lap.
    “ I promise not to take too long Xarrid.”
    “ We have our whole lives sweetheart. And Saylan?”
    “ Yes?”
    “ I love you. Good night.” He moved so swiftly he was gone before she could respond.

Chapter 13
     
     
    Xarrid
     
    Joy...despair...joy...despair. Emotional upheaval. Jurek keeps telling me everything is moving in the right direction. I left her house and was so torn.
    On the one hand, I was ecstatic that she wanted to see me and was open to a relationship. On the other hand, she still had no memory of us together. Bloody hell, she had no memory at all.
    Jurek kept chiding me for my pessimism. He was right. I had gone from not seeing her to kissing and holding her in my arms. I should be doing flips over all of this. Why do I have to look at the dark side of things? I guess it’s because I am so eager for her get her memory back so we can resume our lives together. I want it to happen immediately, as I was never a very patient man. I feel like she is a fragile piece of precious porcelain, and I must handle her with care.
    What I really need to do is to go and kick some Xanthian ass...find those bastards that did this to her and take every one of them out. They don’t deserve to live and this whole nanochip thing needs to stop. What they are doing to people is disgusting. Experimenting like that.

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    “ The Guardians are going back down to Earth,” Jurek informed me.
    “ Huh?” I spun around and looked at him. My chin nearly hit the floor.
    “ You heard me. Rayn decided it was in their best interests to send a team back down. Sharra and Maddie are going as part of it.”
    “ You’ve got to be joking!”
    I was flabbergasted. After all this time and carnage, I couldn’t imagine what spurred him on to this decision.
    “ Your sister had something to do with it perhaps, along with your activities with me. Only my assumptions and you know what they say about assuming.”
    “ Yeah, but I’m still