into her scalp and into her skull. Her head hadn’t been aching, but with the advancing heat it started to pound. She knew the scan would feel better though so she gritted her teeth. Only the headache got worse, and the heat seemed to sear not comfort. She twisted uneasily, a whimper escaping. “It hurts,” she cried out softly. “Can you tell me what you are experiencing?” “Heat and a massive headache.” “Where is the headache?” Hannah lifted her hand to the back of her head. “It’s like a great pressure building at the top of my head. As if the whole top needs to blow off for it to go away.” She gasped as a particularly loud boom crashed inside. Instantly the heat eased back. And the headache eased with it. She sighed happily. “That’s much better.” The scan then came to the front of her head and wrapped around her forehead. “That feels wonderful,” she said. “I–” A scream ripped out of her mouth as sharp pains ripped through her head – and she blacked out. * Dr. Maddy stood up and approached the bed. She’d gotten the message. “Go anywhere near the head and be attacked. Nice,” she muttered. “Do we know why?” Glenda asked from the doorway, her gaze on the unconscious woman. “No, not yet. But I’m wondering at several options.” Unfortunately they had a problem of bed space here too. She had to trust it would all work out. “I wanted to tell you that we have a delay with one of the patients arriving tomorrow. So if we need to keep Hannah another day that window is there.” “Excellent. I’m afraid we might need it.” Dr. Maddy reached out a hand and gently touched Hannah’s head. Again the aura so close to the skull was giving the impression of close to death, but she could see for herself how strong and vibrant this young woman was. A very interesting phenomenon. The part that really intrigued her was the complete absence of anything in the brain. It wasn’t possible and given the pain that Hannah experienced as soon as the scan hit the head, it was more likely that someone had set a blockage. Why? What could anyone possibly want to block in Hannah’s mind? If she couldn’t get inside the defense system easily, then it would be very hard to tell why and what. Just then Hannah shifted uneasily. Maddy reached out a hand and soothed the energy along her body, adding a complex layer of healing energy to Hannah’s thin aura. The healing energy was accepted, absorbed almost as if it were thirsty. And that shouldn’t be. Energy was available to anyone and everyone in all amounts. There was no shortage. There was no permission or access key required. One had only to ask and it was there. Even if one didn’t ask but reached, the energy was always offered. Hannah had no shortage so why was her energy so greedily sucking back on the healing energy Maddy had given? She poured more into the same channel, happy to see Hannah absorb it all. So very interesting. As if feeling guilt for having taken so much, the energy pulled back in on itself. Maddy immediately flooded it with happy healthy energy. Hannah’s body sucked it in like a starving man at a buffet. She wondered how long it would keep going, so she poured more and more into Hannah. Hannah’s system kept accepting. Slowly, Maddy reduced the flow to a level she could keep in place while she went about her day. In this way the energy could continue to heal but leave Maddy free to work on other people. An important part of her work was determining the energy flow to an individual at any particular time. Normally, she could see a bleed where the energy was being drained out via other people’s hooks. One of the things she didn’t understand was that Hannah had no apparent drains. Her energy was self-contained. That was unusual. People of all walks of life shared energy and had energy drains in every chakra. Energy they were feeding to other people that bothered them or needed something from them so