Page 314 of Affair
She patted the seat beside her and held out her hand to help him from the floor.
“I’m sorry they were rough. They wanted to get you somewhere safe before the shit hit the fan. The Marines went after Von. I’m surprised you guys didn’t cross paths inside the building. They just went in.”
He could have wept tears of joy.
He.
Was.
Safe.
Elizabeth hugged him.
“It’s okay. You’re saved.”
Not far from her was Rufus, and he was asleep on the seat, as she was petting him.
Apparently, his dog was safe too.
“Gamble is okay?” he asked. “I saw him when they took me from my house, but he looked beaten up.”
Oh, he was, and the man needed a trip to the hospital. That would be next—whether he liked it or not.
She explained what happened, and the whole time, he listened. By the time she finished, he was relieved.
“You’re safe now,” she said. “We’ll get you back to the Hunter’s base and…”
He stopped her.
“I can’t go back with you. I can’t stay here.”
She lifted a brow.
“Doctor, why? You’re not safe wandering around. If Von slips past them, you’re going to die. He’ll keep coming for you.”
He was honest.
“Are my parents dead? I need to know.”
She closed her eyes.
“I’m sorry, Doctor, but they are. I called an inspector in the UK, and he confirmed what the news is already saying. The Duke and Dutchess of Gordon passed away.”
He felt that sucker punch again, and he wondered if that feeling would ever end.
Probably not.
It was all kinds of ironic that he helped people work through trauma, only to not know how to work through his own.
“I have to go to the UK. I have no choice but to head back. I’m the last Seville alive. I have to do it for my father.”
She said nothing.
A part of her was worried but not for this man.
For Gamble.
She had an earpiece in, and she knew exactly what the man felt for Poe. She’d heard him begging the other Hunters to save him.
