Page 102 of Marvelous
Then she came back not even five minutes later, huffing a breath, and then she showed me my right boot.
“Zipper,” I said.
She unzipped it and then reached in and pulled out what I needed the most.
Then she handed it to me.
“Don’t be a robot, Doc” Patricia said.
The doctor’s face lost the scowl, and then he nodded.
Then he looked at me, and I said, “Just let me keep this, and we will call it square.”
The doctor looked at his staff, and then he nodded.
And with that little cupcake keychain fisted in my hand, I relaxed and allowed the mask over my mouth.
But not before I heard my team burst into the room, all of them covered in blood, my blood.
They moved around the staff and then fist bumped me.
“You got this.” Smoke said.
“Fight for her,” Jekyll said.
Hyde looked at me and said, “Going to make them pay.”
Ice got right in my face, “Keep watch over her.”
Wolf smirked, “You just wanted to look like me.”
I chuckled and tasted copper.
That was when they inserted something into my IV.
Cassie
The moment I saw Duke’s name on my phone, I answered it.
“Well?” I asked.
I heard his heavy breathing, then he said, “We got him. Taking him to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. Get to the tarmac, pulled some strings, get his family, and get on the plane.”
“Thank you, Duke.” Then I hung up.
I flew out of work and called Garrick.
He answered on the first ring, “Word?”
“They got him. Taking him to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.”
***
Thirteen hours later, I raced beside Garrick, Tatum, Carter, Harlee, Ethan, Talia, Dom, Bronson, Lila, Everly, Misty, and Frank into the hospital.
They were all looking for someone to talk to, but I was looking for five men.
And when I saw them sitting in the corner of the waiting room, near the exit doors, I ran towards them.
