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Shayla pushed thearound the wheelchair, she joinedonly very lightly

Shayla’s face was traced with concern as she ain She levitated him out of his chair and laid him down flat on the bed She stood on one side of the bed while I stood on the other Placing two thuainst his azed at his vacant eyes I gathered the blanket at the end of the bed and pulled it up to his waist Shayla undid the buttons of his robe and pushed it aside to reveal his bare stomach

I was surprised by what I saw His chest was broader than I had expected beneath that baggy robe he had been engulfed in Shadows of what appeared to have once been toned muscles were visible on his torso, noorn and faded from lack of use The back of his neck was also broad, like that of a fighter Who is--or was--this man?

Shayla examined his arms, particularly his wrists He had faint scars the size of pinpricks near his veins

"Yeah," Shaylahi"

She proceeded to measure his temperature, as well as prod and poke other parts of his upper body, looking beneath his ar a number of other external examinations Finally she concluded, "I’ht He seems to be half-blood"

"Where would the hunters have found him?" I wondered "And why did they keep him down in that bunker?" And, for that matter, as he in a wheelchair? Was he paralyzed?

"We’ll need to wake hi another oup Won’t be a but aa little disconcerted to be alone with this strange h he was unconscious

As Shayla left the roo into his face His cheekbones were sharp, his lips shrewd and pursed My eyes rose to his pale, slightly perspiring forehead, and then to his dusty blond hair It was overgrown and unkempt, like the scruff on his jaw And it looked unnaturally thin Weakened and worn, just like the rest of hi did those hunters keep hi with questions I hoped Shayla would hurry up

The witch returned after about fiveherself on the other side of the e liquid She crouched over thein a few drops Then she claain and set down the cup on the bedside table

We both watched him intently as the potion took effect Gradually, his tired face began to show signs of life His mouth twitched Then his eyelids flickered Gradually, they lifted open to reveal a pair of glazed, tawny-brown eyes