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The more I kissed him, the more desperate I became.
I gripped his arms as he slid his hands around me. My legs parted around his waist as my ass slid on the counter. That squeal resurrected the terror instantly. I froze, and it took barely a second for him to realize something was wrong.
He broke the kiss as those dark eyes searched mine.
Somehow he knew.
“Who,” he whispered in that deep, gravelly tone. “Do I need to kill?”
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Riven
“Hold still.”
I shifted, wincing. “I told you I was fine,” I forced through clenched teeth to the medic.
The asshole who’d poked and prodded my arm just straightened. “Oh yeah? And how many years of medical training brought you to that conclusion?”
My lip curled and anger burned as I stared into that smug stare before he gave a nod and resumed. Bolts of agony tore through my shoulder where the bullet had barely grazed me…only my brother hadn’t been so lucky. I glanced across to where Kane lay in a drugged sleep, his side patched after they’d fished the bullet out of his body.
The only saving grace was nothing major was hit. He’d survive with one nice scar.
Just like Helene’s.
Where the fuck was she?
The asshole pinched and snipped the stitches, then turned away.
I didn’t want to be here.
Not with the Daughters…or Hunter’s men.
I needed to find her, then Hale, right before I hunted down Coulter and Julius Harmon.
This sitting around and waiting? This was a waste of fucking time. “We should be out there, finding Hale.”
The medic turned back to me with a betadine swab. “You say something?”
I glanced his way, then shook my head.
The asshole who didn’t like me looked over at me, his elbow resting on his knee as he stabbed a fork into an open can of something that looked disgusting. I looked away as the medic swabbed my arm, then taped a dressing in place.
“Okay, that should—” he started.
But I was already moving, sliding off the seat, leaving the medic and his years of medical training behind. Heads turned my way. The group of three Daughters stiffened as I neared. All three watched me intently, one even licked her lips.
My gut clenched as I looked away. I strode through the five soldiers sitting around the expansive room and headed along the hallway. Bedroom doors were closed. The other remaining Daughters were asleep.
“Riven?”
I turned at my name, finding Thomas standing behind me. He glanced at the door at the end of the hallway and turned back to me. “Going somewhere?”
I clenched my jaw and leaned close. “Have you heard from him?”
He scowled. “Hunter?”
“Yes, Hunter.” I snapped. “Who the fuck else?”
