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And so do you.

We’re in this together.

No more fuck-ups. This was huge.

I know. I couldn’t get back in time. I’m sorry.

Enough. I have shit to do.

Just. . . tell her I’m sorry. Please.

Tell her yourself.

I snapped off the voice and focused on the task at hand.

His face was beat to piss. Cuts littered it too. Church had spared no mercy on him. He’d practically gutted him.

I placed my hands over the deep wounds on his chest and abdomen.

“You’re a mess. Don’t die, you dumb fuck,” I said, putting pressure on the biggest wound. “She’ll be pissed at us all.”

His lashes fluttered, but he remained unconscious.

“I need help carrying him. Be careful. Don’t need his intestines on the forest floor. They can get slippery,” I said.

We gathered around Bryce and got him lifted. It would be a long walk through those woods.

But it was worth it.

I smiled, the shadow taking form in my mind.

Yeah. Definitely worth it.

SIN

Iwas supposed to keep my distance.

No touching allowed, but I disregarded it, knowing it could get my ass killed, and clutched her cold hand in mine.

I stared at her bruised and swollen face as she lay in her hospital bed. My throat was tight. My chest hurt. I felt so fucking sick to my stomach.

Raped.

She’d been raped.

A soft cry left my lips at the thought of her being harmed. Again.

Fuck. Again.

She didn’t deserve this.

I stared down at her hand and noted her nails were broken and jagged. She’d put up a hell of a fight.

It broke my heart further. This shouldn’t have happened to her. I couldn’t get it out of my head that it was somehow my fault. I’d created this entire fucking nightmare, and now everyone was paying the price for my terrible deeds.

“I’m so fucking sorry, Siren,” I whispered, bringing her hand to my lips and pressing a shaky kiss to the top of it. “This is all my fault. I’ve failed you so much. Please. Just come back. We need you.I need you.”

She didn’t move. Her lashes didn’t flutter. She simply continued to lie like a broken doll beneath her covers, her breathing shallow.

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