Page 49 of Lyon

Before I could react, another shadow flickered in the corner. A second man. His gun was trained on me.

I raised my weapon, but I was too slow.

A gunshot rang out from the doorway.

My body slammed against the wall, my head cracking against something solid. Or was it the bullet?

Pain blurred everything, my vision swimming in darkness.

Then—shouting.

I forced my eyes open. Raven loomed over me, his voice urgent.

“Lyon! Listen to me. You need to fight—dig deepand make sure you live. I don’t want to be the one to tell Niki that you died.”

What was he talking about?

I tried to respond, but my mouth wouldn’t move. My head felt light, like I was floating. I didn’t feel like I was dying, but Raven’s panicked tone told me otherwise.

When I woke up,a woman was sleeping in a chair beside my bed.

My gaze shifted—Raven and Gideon stood at the foot of my bed, watching me.

I wanted to ask what had happened, but I didn’t want to wake the woman.

“How do you feel?” a nurse asked as she entered the room.

I pressed a finger to my lips and pointed to the sleeping woman.

“She won’t wake up,” the nurse whispered with a small smile. “Niki’s been awake for three days straight. She justfinallyfell asleep.”

Niki.

I frowned. “Who is she?”

Three pairs of eyes locked onto me like I’d lost my damn mind.

“Niki Bannon,” Raven whispered. “She’s your fiancée.”

Myfiancée?

I shook my head. “I don’t have a steady girlfriend, let alone a fiancée. Who said she was my fiancée?”

Gideon pressed a finger to his lips just as the woman stirred.

She blinked up at me, and I sucked in a breath.

Green eyes. Beautiful. Breathtaking.

Then she smiled.

She stood, leaned over, and kissed me.

“I’m so happy you’re awake,” she whispered against my lips before kissing me again.

The nurse and the guys were watching me like they were waiting for something.

But I just kept staring at her.

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