The Eternal Gift Vol. 1: NA Urban Fantasy (The Eternal Series)
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“That’s not going to work. Her chest is completely closed. It’s perfect. There is no incision,” the runner said. “Putting sutures along the incision line isn’t going to do anything.”
She had a good point, but if I was able to telepathically control people then the stitches, pointless as they were, might go a long way in making it easier for me to force a doctor see a real wound there. If there were no stitches, I’d have to make him to see an incision and stitches. That was honestly the craziest problem that I’d ever had to find a solution for. I was grateful for the help.
They were very quick, though they were going around in circles. They didn’t seem be the least bit concerned with the situation, minus their desire to come up with a solution for me. They didn’t act as if they questioned what was happening at all. I looked at them, needing to know if I had full control over them. I needed to know if they stopped out of fear, curiosity, or if it was something greater than both.
“If I told you to kill yourself, what would you say to me?” I asked. I felt sick for even asking, but I had to see the reaction.
“Is that what you want? If that’s what you want from me then it would be my pleasure to make you happy,” Runner said.
My eyes widened.
“Absolutely,” the other said.
What… the…
“Okay. Good to know. No one is killing themselves today. I want both of you to live long happy lives. That is what would make me happy,” I said quickly. “As for the issue with the doctor, I think I can manage. I’ll give it a shot. I just have to figure out how to trigger this mind-controlly thingy. Telepathy?”
“Actually, I think it’s called compulsion,” Runner said. “Seems to me that fear did it. You saw me running and assumed that I’d run and tell everyone what I’d seen.”
I nodded. “I suppose that could be true. There is only one way to find out.”
“Do you really want to risk it?” the other woman asked.
“We don’t have time for a plan B. I need to be able to go back to my old life. I can’t just sit around and watch everyone I love from a distance. Family comes first for me. Just fading away and watching my mother and father suffer is not an answer.”
“Then tell us what you need us to do. We’ll help all we can,” Runner said.
I nodded once again. “First thing’s first… I’m going to need you to stitch me up.”