Just then, Astrid let out a moan, and she started to come around.He saw the perspiration dotting her brow.
“Is that her?”Blake asked.“Is she okay?”
Astrid let out a sigh.“What happened?”
“Can you stand?”Lord asked.
Blake was still trying to figure out what was going on, and Lord was more interested in Astrid.
“Look, Blake, find some way for me to talk to a doctor.I don’t care how much it costs,” Lord said.
He was trying not to panic, but Astrid didn’t look good at all.He didn’t like this.Hanging up the phone, he dropped it on the floor, and he didn’t wait for Astrid to get to her feet; he picked her up in his arms.She let out a moan and sank against him.She was burning up.
Lord carried her upstairs and lay her against the pillows.
“I’m so cold,” she said.
He pulled the blankets around her and rushed to the windows to check that they were secured.He didn’t want a breeze getting to his woman.They were all secure.
She let out another moan.He went to her and placed the back of his hand against her temple.
“What were you doing?”he asked.
“Cooking you breakfast.I like cooking breakfast.”
“You shouldn’t have come out with me,” he said.“This is because I took you out with me to check on the ranch.”
“I liked helping you.I enjoyed it.”And her teeth chattered in between each word she spoke.
He tried not to panic.
“It doesn’t matter if you enjoyed it, Astrid.You’re sick.”
“I’ll be all right.”
In the distance, he heard his cell phone ringing, and he didn’t want to leave her, but he had to go and get his stupid phone.He couldn’t believe he had forgotten it.Picking it up, he saw there was a call from Blake coming in.
“What?”he asked.
“I’m going to change to a video call.I’m with the doctor,” Blake said.
“You are?”
“You asked, buddy, and I deliver.I know how important Astrid is to you, and you said you didn’t care what it cost.”
Lord looked down at his cell phone and saw a video invite had been sent his way, which he accepted.Blake was there as was an older man, with thick white hair and a nice smile.
“This is Doctor Smith,” Blake said.“He’s a good man.He’s my family’s doctor.”
“Nice to meet you, Lord,” Doctor Smith said.
Lord was not good with pleasantries, but he was not going to be rude to a man willing to help him.
“Thank you for helping me.Astrid is human.”
“Blake has filled me in with the details.Would it be possible for me to see her?”
“I moved her into bed,” he said, walking back upstairs and finding Astrid still where he had left her, leaning against the pillows with the blanket pulled up to her chin.
