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The biker wiped the sweat from my forehead. “Now, before I lose you to the drugs completely, can you tell me what happened with Mike? Do you know who shot him? We want to help.”

Who wanted to help?

My lips parted, and a small puff of air escaped, but the ability to speak had fled. I just wanted to let go and drift away, my body was begging for it. The sleep I’d been craving was within arm’s reach, all I had to do was take hold.

Katy, you make me so fucking happy.

The corner of my mouth pulled up in a smile.

We were happy.

“Kate,” Jeremy’s voice sang from somewhere high up in the trees, pulling me back to shore. “We want to help you, but we need answers. Who wanted your brother dead?”

I thought of the baby growing in my womb, so small and defenseless. It was the push I needed as my eyes became heavy, and my consciousness began to ebb.

Keep breathing, Katy.

Deep breaths.

In and out.

“W-w-who?” I pushed the word out like a breath, before being pulled back down to the depths of relaxed oblivion, my cheeks damp with tears and my husband’s voice echoing inside my head.

Jeremy lifted my hand, pressing a kiss to the inside of my wrist. “I could’ve kept you safe—the night you came to me. I would’ve protected you from all of it. I wanted you to remember how good it was between us like I did, but you pushed me away.”

He paused to wipe the moisture from my face before clearing his throat. “Now, it’s too late. Saint wants you, and I don’t have a fucking clue what he’s got planned, Kate. Just tell me what you know. Tell me, and I’ll ask him to let you go. Was it Bear? Silent Phoenix? Just give me a name!”

How did he not know?

“Kate,” Jeremy growled, his lips brushing against a tear on my cheek. “For fuck’s sake, answer me! I’m trying to keep you alive!”

When they realized they wouldn’t get any information out of me, they decided to send a message.

I registered the sound of the patio door opening and hope surged within me, propelling me back to the surface.

Fight!Nate’s voice roared in my head, and I ground my teeth together before reaching up to weakly shove Jeremy’s mouth away from my face.

I did it.

I’m saving us, baby. Hold on.

“We’re out of time. We need to go.” A familiar voice said tersely before moving over my body.

Recognition slammed into me like a rogue wave, sending me tumbling back down into the depths, the darkness closing in all around me.

I forgot to keep fighting.

I forgot to focus on each breath.

But I remembered her face before everything went black, and then, I remembered nothing.

Chapter Twenty-Two

Grey

“We’re not getting out of here, are we?”

I forced my eyes open and turned to face Norma. “Ding, ding, ding,” I croaked. “What do we have for her, Johnny?”

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