Chapter 12Tresilian had barely been gone a moment when Midnight looked up to see Merit-Ptah returning. The physician greeted him with a gem-enhanced smile.
“I thought that while your friend was gone, I could check your leg.”
“Uh, sure.” If he were honest, Midnight would have preferred Tresilian to be present, but he could hardly admit it. I don’t know why, but they make me extremely uncomfortable.
Instead he stared up at the ceiling as the physician pushed back the sheet and began to unwind the bandage which covered him from knee to foot. Midnight kept his hands firmly on the sheet, pinning it to the bed and ensuring it couldn’t be moved higher than mid-thigh.
He glanced down as the physician bent over him. His lower leg was dotted with small blisters and Midnight frowned. I only felt
