“She longed to fling her arms around him but his grim expression as he crossed the threshold made her hold back and content herself with a brief kiss. ‘I’m so pleased you’ve come – I’ve been so worried! There’s something wrong with Sylvie – she’s really ill.’ ‘What? What’s the matter with her?’ ‘She’s delirious, shouting in her sleep, burning up and having the most awful nightmares all night. She’s been screaming that her back’s on fire, and—’ ‘Let me see her,’ he said curtly, following her up t...o Sylvie’s room. She lay with the covers pushed back, asleep but very flushed and with her hair in a wild tangle all over the pillow. Magus looked down at her for a moment, then felt her forehead and the glands in her neck. ‘I’ve given her paracetamol and—’ ‘And what did you say she was shouting?’ ‘Well, last night it was that her back was being clawed to shreds and there was something biting into it. This morning she said she couldn’t see anything in the dark, even though the daylight was streaming in her window.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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