The young woman asked, “Is she awake?”
“No, not yet.Her pulse is still there,” Day-ek murmured.
The medic was moving smoothly, muttering to the unconscious woman.Day-ek stared.They had the same face.The medic and the passenger had the same face but different colouration.
The medic glanced at Jennor.“Can you do a toss?”
Jennor said, “I can.”
Instead of easing the woman to the ground, the medic set the IV lines, tucked in a bag of fluids, and cut the passenger out of the seatbelt.She tapped her earpiece and said, “Danforth General, this is Medic Nylora Mills from the fifty-one, and I am bringing in a female, dark fae, with crush injuries on the right side and internal bleeding.IV is started.She will need blood.I am going to be there in three minutes, and give me the hallways.I am going to need them.I am taking her into surgery.”
The medic paused and then smiled.“Start the clock, we are on our way.”
She pulled the woman into her arms with the IV cradled in her lap.The medic looked to Jennor.“Hands.Give me a three-count and throw on one.”
Jennor nodded, and the medic and her burden were soon standing on his palms.“Three...two...one.”His hands lifted fast, the medic went skyward, and then magic happened.
The medic’s features went dark with silver eyes and a lot of tattoos.Huge fiery white wings shot out and then went from vertical lift to horizontal in a blaze of solid moonlight.
Reymark was staring.“That was...”
Day-ek nodded.“A dark fae.”
“The mage of moonlight.She’s been missing for two decades.”Reymark glanced at the white streak in the distance across the city already.He scrambled into the rideshare and found the purse.“Day, look up Isocar Lavrel.Whoever she is, she’s related to the mage, and that means she’s in danger.”
Day-ek paused.“That’s the woman who just restored Jennel’s house.”
Jennor blinked.“Shit.That’s going to upset her.”
Reymark chuckled.“We just saw a dark fae control moonlight into flaming wings and battle armour with binding marks carved into her head, and you think that Jen is going to be upset about a car accident?Wow.Well, I know for me, a new fetish unlocked.”
Day-ek laugh and looked at the other medic, who was attending to the concrete truck driver.The other XIA team was waiting to take the werewolf driver away as soon as the man was patched up.The investigation was pretty cut and dried.He had been texting with his pregnant partner and missed the green turning red.They had his phone and the chat that stopped at the moment of impact.
The man’s clan alpha had already been contacted.
Day-ek walked over to the medic.“What can you tell us about your partner?”
The brownie looked over at him.“Dude, isn’t your dance card full?”
Day-ek waved that off.“Absolutely, and she would gut us if we looked at anyone else, but we are looking into the victim.The medic knew her.”
“Well, Nylora doesn’t socialize, so it must be a casual thing.Where did she take her?”
“Danforth General.”
“Smart.They are the only hospital in town that keeps dark fae blood in stock.Nylora would know.She donates.”The brownie got the driver patched up and in a cervical collar.“There you go.Try to relax.Gentlemen, he’s all yours.”
The brownie lifted a tablet and concluded his report, sending it off with a tap.“Right.I should go and pick her up.By the time I get there, she should be ready to resume our shift.”
Reymark reached into his vest and handed over his card.“Can you have her call me, please?”
“Sure.You might want to register at the hospital for updates in case the passenger doesn’t make it.That will change the nature of this incident.”
Jennor looked toward the hospital.“Perhaps we should take a look.Interview the medic?”
Day-ek was talking to dispatch and got authorization.The other teams were on scene, so they got into their vehicle and headed for Danforth General.
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