“Are you fucking kidding me?”
His eyes narrow, “Just because you’re incapacitated right now doesn’t mean I won’t put you over my knee the moment you’re lessfragile.”
“Don’t make promises you can’t keep.”
He grins, his white teeth almost gleaming when compared to the bronze tone of his skin. Goddamn he’s so fucking beautiful.
I try to push up onto my elbows but the pain in my side cripples me. I cry out, squeezing my eyes shut as my blood roars. Fuck, that hurts.
How the fuck did I even get here? I remember the loud bang, Valentine attacking me and then Kingston. After that, I don’t remember a single thing.
Oh God. Rory!
Ignoring the pain, the agony that wants to pull me under, I get up onto shaky legs, pushing away the blankets. There’s no time to think about the fact that I’m dressed in a pair of leggings and a t-shirt that’s three times too big for me. Where is Rory?
“Stop!” Lex booms.
Had he been talking? I’m halfway to the door but I stop, my knees shaking, threatening to buckle under me.
“Where the fuck do you think you’re going?”
Lex appears in front of me, his nostrils flaring, anger palpable.
“I just got you back little bird and you’re trying to run away already?”
“No,” I swallow, “no, you don’t understand.”
He steps up and curls a finger beneath my chin, “Tell me.” My eyes meet his, swarming with emotion, with something far too deep for my mind to comprehend.
“My friend, Valentine, he had her and…”
“Shh,” He brings me to his chest, “She’s safe. All the girls are.”
“Where?”
“Not now, Wren, you need to rest.”
“Alexander,” I grit out.
“Fight me, Wren, I dare you.”
I didn’t have the energy to fight him. Not even with words, as much as I wanted to lash out, to demand to know where she was I couldn’t. I was so tired. In so much pain.
“What happened?”
He guides me back to the bed just as Ryker comes into the room with a bowl of soup and a couple of bottles of water.
“Good to see you awake,” he comments, a gentle smile curling his lips.
“Hi Gruff.” His eye roll makes me smile a little but it’s the scent of the soup that really gets me going. My stomach gurgles loudly, cramping painfully, reminding me how little I’ve eaten in recent weeks.
He leaves the soup on the side, hands me a bottle of water and then exits whilst Lex settles into the bed next to me.
“So?”
I drink half the bottle of water whilst he just watches, head cocked to the side.
“Eat.”