Page 77 of Fury

I nod. “Yes, thank you.”

“I’m sorry.”

I didn’t need to tell her, she just knew. I guess women are like that, we understand things in a way that a man simply couldn’t.

“Thanks,” I whisper, staring down at my soup and fighting back the tears.

I don’t even know how far along I was, or if the baby belonged to Ethan or Fury, but I do know that my heart had begun opening to the idea, and it hurts to know that it will not be.

“You should get some rest while you wait for Fury.”

I need to lie down, there’s no doubt about that. “Will you send him in when he arrives?”

She nods. “Of course.”

I finish up as much soup as I can, then I take my water and follow Luna as she leads me to a spare room. The moment she’s gone, I pull back the covers and slide into the soft bed. My body is beyond exhausted, and I can’t fight sleep a single second longer. Without so much as a single thought, I drift off into a place where it doesn’t hurt. Just for a little while.

I’m woken to a warm, hard body pressing against mine.

For a second, I think I’m dreaming, until the familiar scent washes over me.

Big, burly arms enclose me and pull me against the chest that brings me so much comfort. His mouth presses against the back of my neck, and he holds me in a way that makes me feel safe, needed, cared for. Tears burn my eyelids, and I can’t fight them for a second longer. They roll down my cheeks as I sob silently, my body trembling. He hangs onto me, not releasing me for even a second as the pain rushes out.

Rolling, I turn towards him, pressing my face into the crook of his neck.

“I got you,” he murmurs, his lips trailing over my hair. “You’re safe.”

“I lost it,” I whimper, the tears coming fresh again.

“I know. I’m sorry. I’m so fuckin’ sorry.”

I know he is.

So am I.

“You saved my girl.”

My heart swells. “I wasn’t leaving without her.”

“You’ll never know how grateful I am, Alexis.”

I know.

I feel it.

“Is it over now?” I whisper.

“No, honey,” he responds, his voice low and gravelly, “not yet.”

Oh.

“Why does he want that money so badly he would take Hope?”

“It’s not the money he wants. There was a USB drive in the safe that Ethan stole, too. It has information Marek doesn’t want in anyone else’s hands.”

I completely forgot there were two USB drives in the safe.

“What kind of information?”

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