Page 9 of Sapphire Flame
Natalie’s eyes burned suddenly. This woman couldn’t die, not when she and Grant had worked so hard to save her.
She felt compelled to do something.
Natalie opened up her faeness and aligned herself with the immediate future. Several cramps attacked her spine. She pressed on. What she saw there, startled her but gave her hope at the same time. She returned to Grant.
“You have to come with me.” She drew close, took his arm beneath the elbow and gave tug. “Lean on me if you have to. We have only seconds to save her, to bring her back. I don’t know why, but she’s important to Five Bridges.”
He nodded and rose to his feet. He switched to telepathy.I feel it, too.
She shifted to his opposite side and grabbed hisIV stand. He moved slowly, working hard to keep his balance. The nurse caught his other elbow and as a unit they began to move.
When they reached the other room, all the techs had stopped working. Everyone stared down at the woman.
Natalie urged Grant to get close to the bed. She then took his hand and had him touch the woman’s ankle, which is what she’d seen in the future. Because she retained her hold as well to make sure the contact took place, she could feel a ripple of energy pass from his body to the woman. It was the strangest thing she’d ever experienced.
Natalie stared at the monitor.
A second passed, then another.
A blip erupted into the small space.
Gasps fluttered around the bed.
Emma murmured, “Thank God,” then returned her hands once more to the top of the woman’s head.
Grant leaned forward and covered both ankles with his hands.
His voice entered Natalie’s mind.I don’t understand. I’m not a healer.
It’s not so much about healing as connection. I think she trusted you because of what happened in the Graveyard and needed to feel the connection in order to live. For all I know, she may have been hunting for you just now, in the afterlife.
What a strange world we live in.
Yes. It is.
She glanced at him and met his gaze. His eyes were an unusual shade of gold and green with small shards of brown. They were exquisite. Maybe they were his wolf’s coloring. She knew some wolves’ eyes changed color.
The blips on the monitor grew closer together. Steadier.
He shifted his gaze toward it. “She’s getting stronger.”
Emma spoke, “Your touch brought her back. She was gone, Grant. I promise you. She was gone.”
“It’s a miracle,” one of the nurses said.
Emma asked, “How did you know to touch her?”
“I didn’t. Natalie did.” He glanced at her and dipped his chin.
Emma smiled at Natalie. “Well, then, how didyouknow?”
“I accessed the immediate future and saw Officer Grant just like this, or rather I saw us.” She glanced down at her hand. One of hers still covered his. The truth was, she feared letting go. She didn’t want the woman to slip away again, but she had no idea how long they should remain as they were or even if her involvement mattered.
“She’s safe now,” Emma said as though answering the unasked question. “You can see by the wounds. Many of them have finally started to heal. They weren’t before.”
Natalie’s gaze was drawn to several of the cuts that had been left open to the air. Emma directed the nurse to start pulling back the gauze on some of the larger wounds and it was the same everywhere. Emma’s healing abilities were now having a profound affect.
Natalie withdrew her hand from on top of Grant’s, but he didn’t break contact with the victim. Maybe he sensed the woman still needed the connection.
