Courage (Mark of Nexus)
“I muttered, as Wallace stormed over to his dresser. “You okay?”
“I’m fine,” he grunted, without bothering to turn around. “Rena had to give me an injection, it was humiliating, and then we got into it. Nothing new there.”
“An injection for what?” I couldn’t tear my eyes away from his back and the muscles that bunched with every movement. How did the students here miss that he wasn’t human? The man had a muscular back, for crying out loud. Who has a muscular back?
He looked over his shoulder. “D...idn’t they brief you at ERA? I have chronic cluster headaches.”
“ERA?” I puffed up. That slimy bastard said I had a week! Sure, I’d come up here to feel things out, but that was my business. He shouldn’t have pushed me. “What all did Cole tell you?”
“Cole didn’t tell me anything,” Wallace answered in an eerily calm voice. “Why? Should he have mentioned something in particular?”
“No, I just…Why did you say ERA?”
He started to gesture with his arm, but hurried to grab a loose fold in his towel.MoreLess
“I’m fine,” he grunted, without bothering to turn around. “Rena had to give me an injection, it was humiliating, and then we got into it. Nothing new there.”
“An injection for what?” I couldn’t tear my eyes away from his back and the muscles that bunched with every movement. How did the students here miss that he wasn’t human? The man had a muscular back, for crying out loud. Who has a muscular back?
He looked over his shoulder. “D...idn’t they brief you at ERA? I have chronic cluster headaches.”
“ERA?” I puffed up. That slimy bastard said I had a week! Sure, I’d come up here to feel things out, but that was my business. He shouldn’t have pushed me. “What all did Cole tell you?”
“Cole didn’t tell me anything,” Wallace answered in an eerily calm voice. “Why? Should he have mentioned something in particular?”
“No, I just…Why did you say ERA?”
He started to gesture with his arm, but hurried to grab a loose fold in his towel.MoreLess
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