Page 79 of Nixx
“Nixx, for now, Liamm is putting together a small research team. We are in the Heart of his Bastion, in the island section. They are leaving tomorrow to begin the actual exploration, according to the plans you provided. As for me, I think I'll be more useful in the North.”
“Anyway, I have full confidence in Liamm. And you're right, I prefer you to the new leader of the Northern Bastion. He is unknown to almost everyone here, you can never be too careful.”
“I'll be on my way tomorrow. Nixx, how is your companion?”
“Sarah is fine. I must warn you about Kryll who tried to kill me by injecting me with poison. Pass it on.”
“That son of a vork! How are you?”
“I am fine, Sarah saw to that. Have a good trip.”
The day stretched on without much change. I posted a guard to watch the lab until Kryll was found. The hour of the last meal arrives and I finally find my companion. All smiles, she presents to us with her friend Ferdinand, the “pancake evening”! They are small flat pancakes that smell very good and on which she places cooked fruits. Indeed, it is tasty. As always.
I therefore validate the “cast iron pans” that have just contributed to this beautiful discovery. She takes the opportunity to ask for “cake pans” and “waffle pans.” Am I really able to refuse her that?
I asked Jaxx to help me prepare a surprise for my companion tonight, because I have not forgotten that I still have to make up for the pain I caused her. I hope she likes the surprise.
I also asked Eva for help and she gave me the iPod and the little speaker and explained how they work.
I take Sarah to our house and head straight to our shower room. Gregory has made his improvement to heat the water in the shower and has just installed it in our home. This boy is really ingenious and it is with pleasure that we take our first heated shower directly under our roof.
I rinse the few traces of soap on her body, lingering the caress of my fingers more than necessary. I raise my arm and trace the outline of her pulpy and sensual mouth with my fingertips. She swallows loudly. Her pupils started to swallow the green so intense in her eyes. She waits.
I kiss her, then part her lips and nibble them gently. A soft, unmistakable moan rises in the silence. And as she begs me with her eyes, I force myself to turn away and step out of the shower without a word. Her surprised expression speaks for itself. But I don't linger, I'm only a few minutes ahead of her.
I take out the small container Jaxx gave me, trying to ignore the mockery I've been enjoying at the same time he gave it to me and pour the entire contents onto our bed.
When Sarah enters our room a few minutes later, she has a minute's pause when she sees our bed covered with flower petals in all shades of pink. And she recognizes this Bon Jovi song[11]that I play on her iPod, ‘Bed of Roses.’
Baby you're all I need
I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
Her emotional smile and moist green eyes tell me how pleased she is with my surprise. And I spend the rest of the night showing her how much I love her.
Sarah
I'm in the lab making balm from the various ingredients in their composition. Holly left me to visit one of her elderly patients, who has severe joint pain and can't unfold her wings at all.
While I'm starting to be pretty well accepted as a healer at the Western Bastion, I still sense a reluctance from the elders. But that's okay.
In agreement with Holly, we added cortisone to her usual balm to treat severe osteoarthritis. She has already tested it on two patients and the results are positive. She did not see fit to tell them at first that I had reworked the formula of the ancient product. The main thing is to relieve the patients.
So I am with Eva, listing the elements that we will soon miss.
“Our stocks of corticosteroids are down. So are most of the other products we saved during the crash. At this rate, we won't have anything left in a month, two months at the most, she tells me.”
