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“Don’t leave me.” I plead into his eyes. “Not yet. Please.”
“I’m just going to call the doctor.”
“Wait.” I pull his hand, encouraging him to sit back on the bed with me. “He said he was coming back. Wait here with me.”
I have an idea. I tell him, “Even if it was yesterday, it was your kiss that brought me back.”
“Wait a minute… I…”
I squeeze his hand tighter and smile. “It’s okay. Nobody has to know.”
“Look, I just…”
“Really,” I stroke the back of his hand. If I’m going to escape, I will need an ally. Or at the very least I’ll need one of the men to trust me. Remembering as much as I can of the feeling in his kiss, I think he’s my best chance. My Warrior.
I don’t know what it will take, but I’ll need quite a few things before I can even think of getting out. For one thing I’ll need to be stronger. For another, I’ll need clothes.
First things first, though. A confederate, willing or unwilling is the main asset and right now, the Warrior is my best hope.
Looking into his eyes, I start to pull him toward me. His eyes soften. He’s coming closer.Hecould be the key.
The door opens.
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Emperor holds the door open. Fire and fury burn in his eyes as he stares into mine from across the room. My stomach drops.
The doctor’s face and his glasses are clean and shiny, and he has wet patches on his nice white shirt as he hurries toward me.
“Be careful with her,” the Emperor’s voice booms.
The doctor mutters back. “I am a doctor. I’m not going to break her.”
The Emperor’s eyebrows narrow as his eyes move back to mine.
His voice is softer. “I thought we might have lost you.”
Frowning, I look back at him.
His chin flattens as he says, “You don’t recognize me.”
The doctor comes close. “How are we feeling?” He pulls back my eyelid and flickers a small flashlight back and forth in my eyes.
Over his shoulder, he says, “Maybe it will all come back in the next day or two. It often happens with a head trauma.” I wish he would stop talking about head injuries.
The Emperor snarls, “And if it doesn’t?”
“Why don’t we wait and see?”
With two fingers held up, he mouths,How many?I lift two fingers and mouth,Two.His smile is reassuring and encouraging as he nods. He raises four fingers. I do the same and mouthFour.
He nods again, smiling and mouths,Good girl.Disappointment makes my stomach sag. I blink slowly.
Quietly, to no-one in particular, he says, “Let’s take it one step at a time, shall we?” He moves me to sit on the side of the bed and taps my knee with a rubber disc on the end of a stick. Then he scrapes the sole of my foot with the stick. He takes my elbow and taps my forearm.
As he performs his little tests, he asks me questions in a very quiet voice.
“Do you know what day it is?” I shake my head. “Do you know the date?”No. “The month?” I think.No. “The year?” I shake my head again.
