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The seething tempest of rage inside Anna calmed itself when she drew aside the curtain in the hospital's emergency room and found Keli sitting on the bed. The woman's grimace might have made you think that she had been punched in the stomach, but other than that, she seemed fine.
Anna felt her eyes drop shut with fatigue, breath exploding from her lungs. “You're all right,” she said, stepping forward. “I've been worried sick for the last four hours. Adren got away.”
Keli looked up at her with deep dark eyes, then nodded slowly. “I'm all right,” she confirmed. “Your doctors put me through any number of brain scans, though they're not sure what to look for. Your people have so little experience with telepaths. But I can tell you that I feel fine.”
“Well, at least we have that much,” An
