Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (101 page)

They
reunited
once again.

“Sarah.” He
said back in a husky voice and she wrapped her
arms around him and nuzzled into the curve of his neck.

She
smelled him
to realize
he really needed a bath,
they
both did, but it sure was his
masculine
smell and it eased
her
worry even more.
He
felt
warm and despite the hardness of his muscles
,
he was soft. He
’s
real and
safe. Just holding him like this w
as all that
i
s needed to make her
feel relaxed.

“Excuse me, Miss? Who might you be?”

The
reunion ended abruptly and
she let her
arms u
nwind from her
mate’s neck. Turning around
she
asked “Who
wants to know?” T
hen
her
eyes found the person who spoke. This man was surrounded by many men who
were all very protective. Then she
recognized
who it was.
Her
voice went up an embarrassed oct
a
ve as
she
said “Oh please pardon my rudeness, Mr. President.
I didn’t know it was you.”

“That is quite alright.” He spoke and smiled pleasantly. He waited patiently and
she
knew what he wanted.

Connor lifted
her and helped her
to stand.
She
was completely self-conscious of how messy and bloody
she
appeared
at the moment
. She
met his
deep and calm
eyes
to say
“I’m Sarah May, Connor’s
mate
. I’m sorry how badly I must look right now. I’ve just got in from New York.”

“Really?” The President said strangely
happy
. “I’ve been trying to get a hold of my people for some time and the information I’ve received is all different
and conflicting
. Can you tell me what has been going on up there?”

“That won’t be a problem, but I have other things that need tending.”

He
nodded and gestured with a slight wave
to her
side. “I can see that. Connor here has refused medical treatment saying…”

She
gasped at remembering he was hurt and
she just fell into his arms. Sarah
turned around to see
the extent of
his wounds
. Just the
initial sight of them churned her
stomac
h even more fiercely than when she
had the morning sickness sensation. His thighs were charred black and parts of his skin were melted.
Her
bottom lip began to quiver at seeing the
scope
of his injuries.

She
dropped to
her
knees, by his side, and gently touched one of the wounds. He sucked in a sharp breath through his teeth. He then grabbed
her
hand in his
,
just to stop
her
from what
she
was doing.
She
glanced over
her
shoulder and explained “Mr. President, by morning his wounds will be completely regenerated. Don’t worry
, all he needs
to do
is
get
some rest.”
She
then
looked up into his pained
hazel
eyes and
could now clearly see that he was paler than
she’s
ever seen him before. He had lost more blood than he let on, but at least he wasn’t bleeding out anymore.
She
then
calmly
touched his cheek and
demanded
softly
“Connor, show me exactly what happened
to you
.
”

He
swallowed thickly and nodded. H
e knew that he should obey her
words right this moment
or else she
’d worry needlessly
.
For t
he next few minutes he allowed her
in his mind as he clearly ran down everything that happened in the fight with his elder sib
ling. He even painfully showed her
the death of
their
d
ear friend Xaon. He had saved her
mate
’
s life, at the cost of his own.

As Connor finished his accounts
,
he stated aloud “If Ranvan didn’t halt his attack for some reason, we might not have
w
on. I just wondered what happened.”

Sarah
smiled and twisted
her
self so that
they
were sitting side by side, but
her
eyes never left his. His eyes narrowed as he found something
interesting
in her
actions and it would have been mean of
her
to make him decipher anything in his current condition.
She stated
proudly “Well you should thank me and the Balancers for that.”

His eyes opened widely at hearin
g this and glanced away and Sarah
realized that Sorono had silently walked up behind the President and his men. Each and every one of them were intent to hear everything about this matter, if their silence and intent gazes had anything to say about it.

She
cleared
her
throat and clearly said “Up in N
ew York Ryan, my grandfather,” She
added fo
r those who didn’t know who she
meant. “gave his life to warn me of a Keeper who was decimating our fighters. When I found this troubling Keeper I thought Ranvan had joined the New York attack, but we were lucky because it wasn’t him. Ranvan had a mate we didn’t know about and she must have been a new mate because she toy
ed
with
our people
. I say that because she was basically testing out her newfound
power of
being a mate to a Harmonizer.” She
glanced at the President and his men and realized that he has been told much today because
her
words didn’t confuse his understanding of
her
word
s and terminology. Connor saw the
expression and nodded vaguely in
her
assessment. “Anyways, I was able to surprise her and the Balancers helped me take her down with your Back-draft Bomb technique.”

Her
mate s
miled lovingly at the new term she
g
ave for that weapon he showed her
when
they
were first utilized and combined
thei
r abilities. Then his eyes seemed to widen even more as he spoke in an astonished and proud tone. “Sarah, do you even realize what you
’ve done
?” He swallowed thickly and grinned proudly. “Princess
, you are the real hero today. If it weren’t for you killing Ranvan’s mate, he wouldn’t have been distracted and would have surely won.”

“Indeed.”
She
and everyone turned to look up at Sorono as h
e smiled approvingly in her direction. Then she
realized that he touched everyone’s mind in the vicinity to proudly state
“Listen to what I have to say.”
As the crowd of humans and Keepers silenced
,
the Head Elder continued.
“Everyone give a loud cheer for
the
real hero and victor for this battle. Sarah, mate to my younger brother Connor, was the one to stop the needless violence and secure our victory.”

As his mental voice silenced a loud roaring cheer filled the air and so did all the humans who began clapping.
She
tried to hide from the crowd by leaning into Co
nnor, but he was too proud of her
to allow
her
shy side to take control.

As the noisy cheering faded she
needed to ask something. “Mr. President?”

He perked up at hearing her
address
him. He smiled and asked “Yes?”

She
ge
stured to
her
self to show how
unsatisfactory
she
lo
oked and asked hesitantly “Umm…is
it alright to ask if I can find a place to clean myself up?”

He understood completely and said “Why yes, of course. For all the work and hardships you…people” he said
cautiously
, but his words didn’t have a trace of hatred or malice. In fact he seemed thrilled for some reason.
She
then understood that he enjoyed new information and he was getting information by the truckloads today. “
have had to undertake for us. A shower and clean clothes is th
e least I can offer for humanity’
s hero. Please come with me and I’ll show you.”

Just be
fore he turned around to lead her inside the White House she
asked “May I take Connor in as well? He needs to clean up and I need to see the extent of the injuries that he sustained.”

The President smiled and said “I thought you’d never ask.”

The
middle-aged
President and everyone else watched as
she
raised
a hand out to Connor. She
created a mental picture of what needed to be done and soon
her
energy flowed down
the
extended
arm. Soon Connor started to rise off the ground as he sat in the same position. The leader of the American people chuckled
ironically
at seeing this for some reason,
but he shook his head and led them
up the steps and into his home.

He led them
to his private
room and allowed
the
both
of them
t
o have some privacy to clean them
selves up. The shower warm
ed
and relax
ed the day away
. It felt great to wash off all the blood, dirt and grime
. She
helped Connor bathe because he was still in much pain from his wounds and all the strain his body exerted in the massive fight. To keep his mind occupied off the pain
she
had him tell
her
what happened after the fight with Ranvan.

Apparently after the leader of the enemy
had been vanquished,
Sorono gave another and final chance to surrender. Only about twelve hundred surrendered peacefully, but the others
who didn’t
were quickly and permanently dealt with. Those that gave up were bound and had most of their energy
stripped
. Once they were all gathered together, they were all carted off to the immortal prison
. The President wasn’t too thrilled to know that the enemy wouldn’t be tried like human laws, but he
k
new that human laws didn’t pertain to the immortal race
, nor could their facilities hold for any great length of time
. Then Connor explained how the President gave him and Sorono an offer, but the offer would take time to go t
h
rough. They
had a little joke about that and would see how things went in the time to come. There
remained
much that needed to be done.

Just as Connor and Sarah
finished bathing there
came
a knock on the door.
She
wrapped a towel around
her
torso and Connor draped his over his waist.
She
approached
the bathroom door and cracked it open to see a lovely wom
an standing on the other side. She
realized it
to be
the President
’s
wife, The First Lady.
The woman
looked down and met
Sarah’s
eye
s
and said in a
lovely
voice that matched her appearance “Hello there. My husband just told me about what has been happening. He told me about your clothes and how ruined they were. I saw you outside and guessed that your clothing size is close to that of my oldest daughter. Please use these
.” In one arm she held out fresh clothes. Then she said “I also saw how large your husband is and the only clothes I think might fit would be my husband
’
s jogging clothes. They might stretch
out
just enough to fit him.”