Page 85 of The Devil's Chaos

“Did you ask her?”

“She was found unconscious and was unable to provide any details,” the nurse explained. “Can you tell me your relationship with Ms. Benson so I can update her chart?”

Silence.

“Are you still there, Mr. Montgomery?” the nurse asked after a few seconds.

I swallowed hard, struggling to find my words. “Uh…yes. I’m her…boyfriend.”

“Thank you for providing that information,” she replied calmly. “Is this a good contact number for updates on her condition?”

“Yes,” I answered before asking, “When can I come to see her?”

“As long as the surgery goes well, you can come to the PACU on the fifth floor, where she will be monitored until she is stable. It looks like her recovery room will be 5022.”

“Riverview General…in the city?” I confirmed.

“Yes, off of fifth and Jones,” the nurse repeated.

“Thank you. I’ll head there now.”

I hung up, slid my phone into my pocket, and left my room to find Theo. I needed him to give me a ride into the city so I could be there for the girl that had captured my heart from the moment I first saw her. Every other girl be damned. From the moment her fire found mine, her fate was sealed, and I wouldn’t stop until she realized she was the inferno and I would be the devil to control it.

36

THIRTY-SIX

KAI

She haunted my every thought and desire. I found Theo asleep on the couch, his arm slung across the back, his mouth open slightly. I nudged him awake, causing him to groan and flinch when he saw me.

“I was having such a good dream until I woke up to see your ugly mug,” he mumbled, rubbing his eyes.

“Can you drive this ugly mug to Riverview General Hospital in the city?” I said urgently.

“Why can’t you drive yourself?”

“Because I drank too much. Come on, man. Get up. It’s an emergency.”

“Kai, what in the hell is an emergency at 4 a.m.?”

“Haven.”

His body tensed as he abruptly sat up. “She’s alive?”

“For now. She’s in surgery.”

“Okay, yeah,” he sighed, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. “Let me get my keys, and I’ll get you there.”

Theo wasted no time, quickly retrieving his keys and jacket, his usual nonchalant demeanor replaced with a sense of urgency. I followed closely behind him as we rushed out of thequiet house and into his sleek, blacked-out Lexus. The drive to Riverview General was a blur of streetlights and sharp turns, the silence between us thick.

Theo wasn’t one for idle chatter. He preferred to sit in silence and observe everything around him. Not much escaped his awareness, and that was something that I was grateful for right now. I didn’t know if I could verbalize my feelings, so I appreciated the quiet understanding between us. As we screeched to a halt in a parking spot near the front of the emergency room entrance, I practically leaped out of the car before it fully stopped. Theo followed closely behind, his tall frame mirroring mine as we rushed inside. Nurses in scrubs bustled about, and doctors in white coats hurried past us with urgent expressions.

I scanned the signs on the wall until I found the one pointing toward the elevator. I pressed the button to call it and impatiently waited for the doors to open. Once inside, my fingers mashed the fifth-floor button repeatedly until the doors started to close. Theo stared at me with a shit-eating grin, and I rolled my eyes.

“Don’t say a word.”

He laughed.

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