Anisa Scans Novels & Stories

Chapter 29 Cristiano As I stepped through the door, I noticed Annalisa sprawled out on the couch, watching a show on the television. She had a stack of bound documents resting on her lap which was clearly her script for tomorrow’s shoot. She didn’t even notice me at first as she was lost in whatever scene she was watching. I moved silently behind her and leaned down, placing a kiss just beneath her ear.

No one moved. Not fast enough and Lyall surged forward, my power exploding with him as I yelled, “NOW!” They all scrambled to their feet, one by one, almost tripping over themselves as greetings fell from their lips. Anisa just sat there, silent as she watched them. Her hands folded neatly on her lap. Her hair was pulled into an up do and stubborn tendrils that escaped from the bun framing her face. ‘Look at that long graceful neck,’ Lyall murmured like he was in a trance-like state. ‘So beautiful and exquisite. I can’t believe she’s ours.’

Fear—shared, but not dominant. “What’s the test?” I asked Cassius. Cassius hesitated. That was new. “A resonance scan,” he said finally. “Non-invasive. The Sanctuary will do most of the work.” Sébastien murmured, “I love when haunted architecture gets involved in reproductive speculation.” “Shut up,” Lucien and I said at the same time. Cassius ignored him anyway. I swallowed. “Do it,” I said. The crystal beneath my feet warmed.

She ignored Sebestian question, rolling the scanner this way and that, trying to make sense of what her brain was trying to convince her of but no matter how much she changed the position, it still didn’t change what she was seeing. “Dell?” Sebestian asked, his concern evident in his tone when he uttered the single word. He shifted uncomfortably, the scanner still digging into his abdomen, putting pressure on his bladder but sucked it up. He watched as she clicked a couple of buttons on the keyboard and the image froze before she enlarged it slightly. Staring intently at the image with a goofy grin on her face before pulling a piece of paper from her wallet.