Shattered (2014)
“She looked frailer than ever, the veins in her skin like purple snakes winding around her body. She was hooked up to monitors, which beeped and whirled with information on her vitals that he couldn’t interpret, and a ventilator to help her breathe. When she saw him, she smiled weakly.
“My Dragon Hunter,” she proclaimed. “You came.”
“As soon as I could,” he said earnestly, knowing it hadn’t been soon enough. They’d been out on the Surface Lands when he’d first gotten the message on his t...ranscriber that she’d been admitted after collapsing in the market. The cancer had spread to her lungs, the doctors had told him. They weren’t sure how long she had left.
He’d begged his commanding officer to give him leave to go. But they were too far out, he was told. They couldn’t spare a vehicle to take him back to the closest surface elevator, and walking back was suicide. So he’d been forced to stay until they’d found and slayed the ruby dragon that had been plaguing the glass gardens by the western block.MoreLess
“My Dragon Hunter,” she proclaimed. “You came.”
“As soon as I could,” he said earnestly, knowing it hadn’t been soon enough. They’d been out on the Surface Lands when he’d first gotten the message on his t...ranscriber that she’d been admitted after collapsing in the market. The cancer had spread to her lungs, the doctors had told him. They weren’t sure how long she had left.
He’d begged his commanding officer to give him leave to go. But they were too far out, he was told. They couldn’t spare a vehicle to take him back to the closest surface elevator, and walking back was suicide. So he’d been forced to stay until they’d found and slayed the ruby dragon that had been plaguing the glass gardens by the western block.MoreLess
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