“I have to get Zandra!” she argued, trying to get out.
“So help me, if you make one move, I will make you sorry. Stay here and don’t move.”
Rhys went across the street, coming back with Zandra cradled in his arms. Thrusting her inside with Broni, his fist hit the side of the RV.“Get them back to the clubhouse.”
When the door snapped closed, Broni was thrown off balance as the vehicle took off, leaving Rhys behind. Broni turned to see him running back inside the YMCA where Adam and his men were still fighting, and she prayed for their safety.
Gathering herself, she made sure Zandra was safely seated before rushing to Abby. Her blank stare told her that none of the excitement had brought her out of her daze. Sitting down next to her, Broni held her close.
“It’s going to be all right, Abby,” Broni lied to her friend, fully aware she was never going to be the same.
Chapter 28
After Broni had covered Zandra, who was lying on the small cot in the corner of Jace’s room, a whimper had her going to the bed where Abby was being checked over by Bones.
“There are no broken bones. I cleaned her lacerations. Tank’s dead?” He rose from the bed, his wireframe glasses covering studious eyes. Adam had told her Bones had been in his last year of residency when he had dropped out to ride with the Highwaymen.
“Yes, Adam shot him.”
“It’s better than he deserved.”
Broni was sure Tank was exactly where he deserved to be right now as she remembered the chill of Grimm’s presence. Hades would deal with Tank. That would give his soul the punishment that was more than justified.
“I gave her something to help her sleep.” Bones cleaned up the bloody rags, moving away from the bed.
“Will… her mind come back?”
“I don’t know. We will have to wait and see. She’s badly traumatized. Abby wasn’t over her first attack, and now this.” He shook his head. “I can say that you helped her last time, so if anyone can help her, you can.”
Broni nodded her head. “I was attacked by a group of men once.”
“I know. When—”
Broni shook her head again. “Not when I was out searching. A long time ago, I was beaten and raped. It wasn’t easy to forget.”
“I don’t imagine so. Did they get punished?”
“No. It was during a time when men were allowed to do crimes against women. But things haven’t become much better since then.” She stared down at Abby’s badly beaten face.
“No, they haven’t.”
They turned to leave the room, but Rhys was standing in the doorway.
When Broni ran to him, circling his waist, his hands gripped her sides, pushingher away. Confused, Broni stared back at him as he reached out, taking her arm.
“Bones, get Dee to stay with them.”
“All right.” Bones stared back and forth between them.
The tension in Rhys’s face did not bode well for her. He led her to their bedroom, shutting the door behind them.
“Why did you try to get Abby back on your own?”
“I knew you wouldn’t let me go in by myself, and I had to take the chance. I couldn’t bear the thought of them having her one more day.”
“Fuck, you could have been killed. You’re human now, but what about me? Did you enjoy watching me suffer when Deena was killed? Rhys is only one part of me, how do you think I would suffer with all of me in love with you!”
“You’re in love with me?” Broni’s breath caught, waiting for his answer.