The Theron Residency (Brides of Theron Book 4) Read Free Page B

She laughed to herself and wondered if she would win a prize if she got it right. She overestimated on purpose and drew 5cc’s into the syringe and walked over to the bed. “Look, I am going to let you suffer if you don’t shut your mouth. I’m just trying to help you for crying out loud.” She pushed the tip of the syringe into one of the ports on the IV that was connected to a needle in Lars's arm. At least someone had the decency to start his I.V. for her. “This should help to calm that foul mouth of yours.”
    “Why don’t you just shut up Earth female?” Lars was trying to stare her down in an intimidating way, but he was quickly losing the battle. It wasn’t long before the medicine she just gave him made his eyes heavy and lose focus. He was mumbling something that she couldn’t quite make out and then all was quiet in the room. The only noise was the humming of the equipment by his bedside and the rhythmic sound of his breathing.
    She decided that she would give the medication some time to become fully effective before resetting the leg. It was going to be hard as hell to uphold the oath she took when she graduated medical school given that she saw firsthand the damage he inflicted on two of her earth sisters Avery, and Grace. She put that thought aside and started to work.
    She began to cut away all of his clothing and dropped them into the nearest trash bin and draped him in a standard hospital gown. She closed her eyes and matched her breathing to his. She could feel that the only damage to his body was to his left leg. It was only the broken bone of his femur and the muscle and skin around it. She lay down on the bed with her feet towards his face and stole a glance at the camera in the in the corner of the room. The red light was steadily blinking now so they were probably watching her. They were probably wondering what in the hell she was doing. She could not worry about what they thought. It might interfere with her focus and intuition.
    Placing his leg over her chest, she again slowed her breathing to match his and scanned his body with her mind. She focused on his heartbeat and followed the blood leaving from his heart into his lungs, then making its way into the femoral artery of the broken leg. Zeroing in on the broken bone, she noticed it was very nearly a clean break. This was fortunate for him, it would not require surgery on her planet. She shoved his genitals aside with her foot and placed the arch of her foot firmly in his crotch just under the pelvic bone. Once she was settled, she pulled until she envisioned and heard the sound of the large bone snapping back into place. With her eyes closed in concentration, she saw the various types of cells rushing into the injury to begin their job of mending the break and repairing the damage.
    When Laura was finished, she took a deep breath and got out the bed as carefully as she could so that she would not disturb her patient. She walked over to the storage cabinet to retrieve a vial of the miracle medicine they used on this planet. Drawing 2cc’s into a syringe, she injected him several times in the thigh hoping it was in no way pleasant. The medicine would take care of infection and speed healing. Laura returned to the storage cabinet to retrieve an antiseptic and the salve to close the wound to his skin on his thigh where his leg was crushed. She liberally squirted the disinfectant and wiped at the wound with clean gauze cloths. She liberally applied the salve and covered the wound with a pad and secured it with some sterile gauze and tape.
    Once that was complete, she removed the tourniquet from his upper thigh. She found a brace to immobilize the fracture on the chair near the bed and wrapped it around his upper leg. She tightened the laces that fastened it together around the upper thigh and tied it with a double knot. The brace would only be needed for the next 24 to 48 hours until the bone had set. She was in awe at the medicines used on