Page 176 of The Fifth Life of Alicia
I’d really taken my time chatting to God, huh?
“I’m sorry,” I said, turning my face and tucking my head under his chin. “But I’m okay, see? I have all my fingers and toes.”
“How do you know? You haven’t seen your toes.”
“I can feel them.”
Kalon grunted. “Unacceptable. I’ll have to check for myself.”
“You want to check my toes?” I wriggled until he loosened his grasp on me just enough that I could tilt my head back to look at his eyes. “Do you have a foot fetish?”
“I have a you fetish. I’ve already told you that.” He pressed his lips to mine. “How do you feel?”
“Um, I’m fine, I guess?”
“That’s not convincing. I’ll call the Imperial Physician.” He let go of me and got up, jumping off the bed.
“No, wait!” I tried to sit up, but a sharp pain darted through my skull, and I clamped my hand over my forehead when the room spun. “Oww.”
“What? What’s wrong?” Kalon pounced on the bed next to me and grabbed my shoulders. “Allie.”
“Stop yelling,” I mumbled, rubbing my forehead. “I sat up too quickly and got dizzy because you ran off.”
“Now I’m more convinced that you need to see a doctor. I’m going to—”
I grabbed a fistful of his shirt before he could dart off again. “Kalon, please. It’s the middle of the night. Let everyone sleep for now.”
“But you need—”
“I need you to stop trying to leave me.”
He froze.
Slowly, he extracted my fingers from his shirt and clasped my hand, bringing it up to his face. “I won’t.” He brushed his lips over the back of my hand. “I won’t leave you, my Allie.”
“Then come back here.” I tugged on the bed covers and patted the mattress next to me. “Please? You can call for the doctor when the sun comes up. I promise. Just stay with me for now.”
“How am I supposed to say no when you ask me like that?” he grumbled, climbing back into the bed. “Come here.”
I shuffled over and clamped myself against his side, resting my head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed the top of my head. His whole body heaved as he sighed, and I nestled against him even closer.
“What happened?” I asked.
“No. Not until you’ve seen the doctor.”
“Please?”
He sighed again. “I can’t say no to you.”
Heehee.
“Stop smiling,” he muttered, tapping my side playfully. “You passed out after using your latent mana and divine power.”
“Hmm. Why do you not sound surprised that I used such a thing?”
“Ah… Aerwyna told me not long after you moved to Stein. She sensed it the day you arrived. It makes sense you’d have traces of it since House Vermillion has mana and House Lovett once possessed divine power, but…”
“I have a lot more than traces,” I finished for him. “I thought they couldn’t coexist together.”
