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Giving her a minute, I stepped out to meet with Slash.
“Figured you didn’t want to leave her,” he said.
“Is it done?”
“He was halfway there already with the damage you did.”
“He deserved it.”
“No one is denying that.”
“Where is he now?”
“Crow and Saint are handling the body. They know what they’re doing. Better no one else has any idea.”
I nodded at that. “Did you see that fucking place?”
“Looked like he planned to keep her there a long time. How she doing?”
“Concussion. Gotta keep an eye on her, but Dr. Price didn’t seem too worried.”
“Good. Seems like you managed to get to her before anything awful happened.”
Dr. Price had asked those uncomfortable questions too. About needing to go get a kit done. Este was adamant that all they did was talk after she woke up.
“Why don’t you get her all squared away? She can’t be comfortable like that.”
That was exactly what I did.
I carried her upstairs, cleaned her up, helped her out of her clothes, then settled her in bed with an ice pack for her head,promising as I rubbed her hair while she drifted off that I would update her as soon as I knew about Trix.
“I hoped you would save me,” she murmured.
“Every time, honey. I’ll always come for you.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Este
I woke up to something tickling my nose.
Then, as if sensing I was back in the world, I felt a long, fat tongue lick up my cheek.
“Trix!” I yelped, my eyes flying open to find her on the bed right next to me. “Hey, baby, hey!”
I threw my arms around her, burying my face in her soft coat. It wasn’t something she generally liked, but she seemed to understand how badly I needed it and let me squeeze her for a minute.
“I was so worried about you.”
“When Colter finally gave me an update, he was already almost out the door,” Saul said, making me look up to find him standing there with a tray of food. “I figured I would just let her wake you up when she got here.”
“Best surprise ever,” I told him, swiping some tears off my cheeks. “She’s okay?”
“Clean bill of health. Seems like she had a couple of Benadryl in her system. She was just having a very deep, allergy-free sleep.”
“Thank God. You scared the heck out of me. But I knew you would find her. I heard you,” I added.
“You heard me?”
