children?”
“They’re fine.” She placed her hand on her stomach and smiled.
Toki took Kuarto’s spot on the bed and spoke softly to her so Storm could talk to him.
“What happened to her?” Storm was quiet in his words, but Kuarto knew he wasn’t happy with what he had heard so far.
“I have no answer.” He crossed his arms over his chest. “You want to take my head off because I have no answer?”
He was gifted with another glare from Heather’s mate.
“Storm.” All she had to do was say his name and she pulled his attention from Kuarto. He went to her side in an instant. “Was it him?”
“Yes.” He knew what she was talking about without her having to mention Al’s name. “Do you not remember anything about him?”
“I’m sorry.” She shook her head. “I try but he always seems to be looking away from me.” She tried to stand and found her balance off. “Whoa!”
“Hey.” Kuarto was at her side in seconds. Using his scanner, he checked her vitals. Why was her equilibrium off? “I didn’t give you permission to get up yet. I’m still running tests.”
“We’re going to have to work on your bedside manner.” Heather took Storm’s hand and stood. This time she didn’t lose her balance. “Wow, that’s a little strange.” Her eyes glazed over and she fell back onto the bed.
Kuarto grabbed another piece of equipment, shouldered Storm out of the way, and placed it on her forehead. It beeped when a large spike of energy raced through her mind.
“Doctor?”
“Give me a minute.” He checked to see what the energy spike was.
“I want to know what is going on now!”
Kuarto stood and faced Storm, who was inches away from him. He could dish out the same type of treatment Storm was giving. “Just because you’re my sister’s mate doesn’t mean I have to like you. Right now you’re getting in the way of me trying to treat her. If you keep that up I will ban you from this house.”
“You wouldn’t dare.”
“Gentlemen,” Heather’s voice came out soft and slightly strained. “While I’m flattered you’re fighting over me, can we stop with the male posturing for the moment? Kuarto, he’s used to having people jump when he uses that tone so please forgive him. Storm, perhaps it would help him if you gave him my medical history. I know you always carry the chip with you. It would explain a lot.”
Storm glared at him before turning over the chip she spoke about.
Kuarto took the chip and went to his system to catch up on Heather’s background. The chip was something that fascinated him. He’d never seen anything like it. It was small and clear, like a crystal. It was pretty enough someone could wear it as a piece of jewelry and no one would know what it was.
The details of her file he would look at later. Working through Heather’s information, he found she had been pretty healthy most of her life. The data from when she met Storm was what he needed to go through. As the device in her back started to disintegrate he learned that her Vespian doctor found abnormalities in the way her body reacted. That’s when he figured out she was built to protect herself. The dreams she had when her life was threatened was one on of them. The way the data for her true race stopped loading when it was close to completing her DNA strand was another.
The other doctor never mentioned her being genetically engineered but the data was all there. How did he miss it?
So why did she have such a surge of energy? Could she still be absorbing the enzymes from the device and that was what caused this? According to what he read that should have happened several months ago. He needed to run a few tests of his own to see what was going on.
Kuarto crossed to the bed Heather had been placed on and sat next to her. “I’m sure you’ve had your share of being poked and prodded but I need to run a few more tests.”
She nodded.
“Not here.” Storm’s voice was flat.
“Exactly where do
“They’re fine.” She placed her hand on her stomach and smiled.
Toki took Kuarto’s spot on the bed and spoke softly to her so Storm could talk to him.
“What happened to her?” Storm was quiet in his words, but Kuarto knew he wasn’t happy with what he had heard so far.
“I have no answer.” He crossed his arms over his chest. “You want to take my head off because I have no answer?”
He was gifted with another glare from Heather’s mate.
“Storm.” All she had to do was say his name and she pulled his attention from Kuarto. He went to her side in an instant. “Was it him?”
“Yes.” He knew what she was talking about without her having to mention Al’s name. “Do you not remember anything about him?”
“I’m sorry.” She shook her head. “I try but he always seems to be looking away from me.” She tried to stand and found her balance off. “Whoa!”
“Hey.” Kuarto was at her side in seconds. Using his scanner, he checked her vitals. Why was her equilibrium off? “I didn’t give you permission to get up yet. I’m still running tests.”
“We’re going to have to work on your bedside manner.” Heather took Storm’s hand and stood. This time she didn’t lose her balance. “Wow, that’s a little strange.” Her eyes glazed over and she fell back onto the bed.
Kuarto grabbed another piece of equipment, shouldered Storm out of the way, and placed it on her forehead. It beeped when a large spike of energy raced through her mind.
“Doctor?”
“Give me a minute.” He checked to see what the energy spike was.
“I want to know what is going on now!”
Kuarto stood and faced Storm, who was inches away from him. He could dish out the same type of treatment Storm was giving. “Just because you’re my sister’s mate doesn’t mean I have to like you. Right now you’re getting in the way of me trying to treat her. If you keep that up I will ban you from this house.”
“You wouldn’t dare.”
“Gentlemen,” Heather’s voice came out soft and slightly strained. “While I’m flattered you’re fighting over me, can we stop with the male posturing for the moment? Kuarto, he’s used to having people jump when he uses that tone so please forgive him. Storm, perhaps it would help him if you gave him my medical history. I know you always carry the chip with you. It would explain a lot.”
Storm glared at him before turning over the chip she spoke about.
Kuarto took the chip and went to his system to catch up on Heather’s background. The chip was something that fascinated him. He’d never seen anything like it. It was small and clear, like a crystal. It was pretty enough someone could wear it as a piece of jewelry and no one would know what it was.
The details of her file he would look at later. Working through Heather’s information, he found she had been pretty healthy most of her life. The data from when she met Storm was what he needed to go through. As the device in her back started to disintegrate he learned that her Vespian doctor found abnormalities in the way her body reacted. That’s when he figured out she was built to protect herself. The dreams she had when her life was threatened was one on of them. The way the data for her true race stopped loading when it was close to completing her DNA strand was another.
The other doctor never mentioned her being genetically engineered but the data was all there. How did he miss it?
So why did she have such a surge of energy? Could she still be absorbing the enzymes from the device and that was what caused this? According to what he read that should have happened several months ago. He needed to run a few tests of his own to see what was going on.
Kuarto crossed to the bed Heather had been placed on and sat next to her. “I’m sure you’ve had your share of being poked and prodded but I need to run a few more tests.”
She nodded.
“Not here.” Storm’s voice was flat.
“Exactly where do
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