Page 69 of Lion Conquers All
“I can help. It will look unusual to you, but I promise it’s perfectly safe for your son. I do need you to release him and give me a little space.
“I’m going to go check on the female child.” Col spoke and then left the room.
Connie didn’t know whether to stay or go, but Sarah made the choice for her by grabbing her hand and squeezing it hard enough Connie had to bite back a wince. She patted the worried mother’s hand. “It’s going to be okay. These ladies are very powerful.”
“I trust you. You’re the closest thing we have to a doctor in this town. If you say I need to trust them. I can do that.” Sarah’s grip on Connie’s hand loosened slightly.
Mira placed her hands over Sam’s body, not touching, just hovering over the blankets that’d been tucked around him. A soft white light started to glow in her palms. Her eyes closed, but Connie could see they were also glowing bright behind the thin skin of her eyelids.
Sarah’s hand squeezed hard again. The woman was holding her breath. Connie was too. She’d never actuallyseenone of the women heal someone. Not up close like this.
The light grew and expanded from Mira’s palms, reaching toward Sam’s body. And she stood there like she was feeding the light into him. Mira’s lips moved like she was speaking, but Connie couldn’t hear any words.
His broken arm lay above the blanket and Connie gasped for a breath. She could see the swelling going down. The discoloration was fading. A few moments later Sam’s broken arm looked as perfect as his other.
Mira’s lips stopped moving.
The light faded or retreated into her palms.
The light behind her eyelids faded as well.
Then Mira opened her eyes and turned to face Connie and Sarah. “He will be well. Give him some time, but he should wake soon.”
Sarah flung herself at the woman and wrapped her in a tight hug. “Thank you. I can’t. I don’t know what you did but thank you for helping my son.”
“You’re very welcome, Sarah. I’m glad I was here.” Mira patted the sobbing mother on the back. “He will be fine. I promise. The magick will make sure of it. I also healed the scar tissue he had on his heart. He shouldn’t have pain from that any longer.”
Sarah pulled away from Mira and stared at her. Silence hung between them for a moment. “How? How could you know about that? He had open heart surgery to repair a valve when he was an infant.”
Mira smiled and put a hand on Sarah’s shoulder. “The magick can heal all wounds, old and new. It reaches into every fiber of the being, and it shows me everything so I can make sure to push enough energy into the healing process. Sit with him. He will be disoriented when he wakes and thirsty. Connie was correct about him being dehydrated.”
“Thank you.” Sarah repeated, moving to her son’s side. “I need to call my husband.”
“Mrs. Roberts, I’ve already sent Ryder into town to collect him and Gretchen’s father and let the SAR know we have the children, and they are well and do not need to be transported to the hospital.” Col was back in the doorway.
Sarah got up from the bedside and walked to Col. Then she threw her arms around the enormous man’s waist and sobbed. “Thank you. I don’t. I can’t. I know we never would’ve gotten him back without you.”
Col’s eyes bulged for a moment, then he wrapped his arms around the woman and rubbed her back. “You are welcome.” He took hold of her shoulders and peeled the woman free of his body. “Be with your son, Mrs. Roberts.”
Sarah wiped her face and nodded, choking back a sob. “Don’t leave. Mystery is your home. I’ll make sure it stays that way. I promise. Please don’t go. Your wife said you were packing to leave.” Sarah shook her head. “We owe you everything.”
Connie held her breath.Please stay. Please stay. Please stay.She’d never wanted anything so badly in her life. She knew if Col left. They would all go. Every last one of them, including the man she’d fallen in love with.
“We won’t leave, yet.”
The breath Connie had been holding gushed out with her relief. Tears rolled down her cheeks. Col’s words were a promise that she had a chance with Aarav. Maybe.
His text had said he would kiss her.
Her mind kept racing withwhat ifs.
What if she had ruined it? What if he’d changed her mind after seeing her lose her shit? After seeing how she lived. How fear ruled her whole life.
How could any sane person choose her?
“Connie!” Her heart stopped in her chest. Completely. She couldn’t breathe. She couldn’t move.
He was here. She wasn’t ready…or was she?
