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One of our men moves to the wall of cabinets and starts yanking them open in search of what I need. Declan rode back to his house with me to meet the doctor. Everyone else stayed at the scene to clean up.
Now that Chloe’s father is dead, we have no leads on finding Smoke and his gang. As much as I want to hunt them down so we can end this human trafficking ring, right now my only concern is my girl. I’m not leaving her side until I know she’s okay. Hell, maybe I’ll never leave her side anyway. I like that idea.
Cali and Scarlet appear in the doorway, their eyes red with tears.
“Is she okay?” Cali asks. “Oh my God, she’s bloody!”
Declan blocks the girls’ view of Chloe. “She’s fine. It’s not her blood. Why don’t you two go up to the guest room and put a couple of stuffies and some soft blankets in there for her so Bash can take her up to rest for a bit.”
Scarlet and Cali peek around Declan, their eyes roaming over Chloe’s body.
“Did she fuck them up good?” Scarlet asks.
My lips twitch, and I nod. “She did.”
She grins and nods, then high-fives her sister. “I knew I loved her the second I met her.”
Warmth crawls up my neck. I’ve always had a pretty good life, but with these three girls as part of our family now, I don’t think it could get any better. “Me too,” I whisper.
She’s been sleeping for hours. After giving her two bags of fluids, Finn let me bring her up to one of Declan’s guest rooms. I want to take her home where I can get her comfortable and hover over her for the rest of her life, but I’ll wait until she’s awake.
Cali left a new pair of panties and a pajama shirt on the bed for Chloe. I want to give her a bath, but she needs to rest. Although, my patience is wearing thin. I need to see her beautiful blue eyes and hear her tell me she loves me. I need to know she’s okay.
As gently as I can, I undress and redress her, then throw her soiled clothes in the garbage. Even though I cleaned off as much blood as I could downstairs, I go to the bathroom and get some more washcloths wet with warm water.
She doesn’t stir when I start wiping her skin again. I’m almost done when Kieran walks in, the corners of his eyes etched with worry.
“How’s she doing?” he asks quietly.
“Still sleeping. Everything cleaned up?”
“Yep. No signs of Ronald anywhere. The road he was on leads up to a vacation home he and my mom had. Turns out he was taking her there to meet with one of his clients. He was planning to give her to them in exchange for debt forgiveness.”
Rage boils in my stomach, and I wish more than anything I could bring Ronald back to life so I could kill him myself. That fucking bastard.
“Did you kill them?” I ask.
Whoever the hell they are, if Kieran didn’t kill them, I’m going to. How dare they even think to take my girl as payment. She’s not a possession. She’s a fucking treasure. The greatest gift on earth.
Kieran makes his way to the bed. “Not yet. Cage, Andrei, Alessandro, and Ronan are squeezing them for information. Whoever they are, they aren’t the boss.”
Nodding, I run a cloth down her leg. When I’m satisfied with my job, I sigh and look at Kieran. His face is pale and his eyes dark, zeroed in on Chloe. When I follow his line of sight, my muscles tense. Fuck.
“What the fuck are those?” he demands quietly.
I keep my gaze on the thin scars on her thighs and sigh. Kieran’s breaths rush in and out of his chest.
“Bash, what the fuck are those?” he asks, a bit louder this time.
I try to get my best friend to back away from the bed. I’ve seen Kieran in the worst of times, but I’ve never seen him look like this. He’s scared. He doesn’t get scared. He stares down at Chloe, his fist brought up to his mouth.
“Kieran,” I whisper.
He shakes his head as a tear slips from his eye. “I never knew. I had no idea. Fuck. What kind of brother am I? I didn’t protect her from that asshole. She…she hurt herself. Because of him?”
My only response is a slight nod. There’s a lump in my throat I can’t seem to swallow. We stand in silence for several seconds before I take a few steps and open my arms to hug him.
“She has you now. She has us. All of us,” I say when I pull back.
