The image of Jess’s throat being slashed open in front of them, the blood pouring from her neck before she hit the ground flashed through his mind like on a replay loop.

They had no way of knowing what the Relians had planned to do, and he had no way of stopping it with just the two of them. However, he couldn’t come up with anything. He kept going through the events in his mind repeatedly trying to figure out what they could have done differently to save her. This was not the way this was supposed to happen. There’s nothing more we can do here.” Niklosi said sadly. We need to head back to the transport now. She made me a pretty.” Gibly said from beside him. He pulled out a heat stone and bending down, held it to the edge of the large pool of blood where Jess had been laying, until the wind blew the now dust particles away. Looking around the seemingly bucolic field and barn, he made sure that they were leaving no traces of their presence or the violence that occurred here. Niklosi watched sadly as Amun gently picked up Jess’s limp body and held her closely in his arms as he ported. We’ll go as soon as it’s on.” Amun said holding his hand out for the last band and placing it around her neck. We’ll port to the transport ship, then Adaria. There at least were other people on the ship that could get Amun away from her body, so they could prepare her for burial. There’s more equipment on the ship to help her with.” Niklosi readily agreed.

“Take her to ship.” Gibly said, stroking his furry face against her hand lying motionless on the ground. “No! I can’t lose her! Get me another mediband!” “Amun, I don’t think she’s still with us.” Niklosi laid a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder.Īmun angrily shrugged off his hand. “Don’t you dare quit fighting, do you hear me? You’ve been through far too much to stop fighting now.” He told her as he replaced the no longer functioning mediband around her neck with a new one.

“Get me more bands NOW!!!” He shouted to Niklosi. She is believed to be about 24 or 25 years old at the time she is rescued from Relian captivity.Amun sat in the field covered in mud, struggling to stop the bleeding that was flowing out from beneath the medibands he was holding tightly to her neck. Jess has long blond hair that cascades down her back in heavy waves and a small pixie face with large blue eyes. In Finding Jess, she makes armor for Ivint Torenson that ends up saving his life after another Relian attack. In Hunting Cari she makes anklets for Cari Lakatis that help Cari heal after she's beaten. She can draw metals and gems from the Earth to create unique gifts for those in need. Jess is 5'6' tall, shorter than most other hybrid women because of the torture she suffered at the hands of the Relians while she was in captivity. Jess Ratroya is a Valendran-human hybrid woman first introduced in Hunting Cari.

Finding Jess by Mikayla Lane