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Pain seared through me as I tried to surge from the floor, roaring at Bourbon.
Gina jumped onto the new officer from behind, and Romeo followed suit. Dante joined them. Within seconds, Romeo and Dante had the man's face smashed into the glossed floor. The gun was still in his hand. Dante kicked it from him, then kicked him in the stomach.
Gina grabbed the gun, pointing it towards the cops now held down on the floor.
More police officers filed into the room, and chaos ensued. No one knew who was trying to kill who.
Rose had her back to the door, her crying baby clutched to her chest. Aster stood protectively between her and everyone else.
Everyone was yelling over everyone else--the new cops trying to get us to put down our weapons. Us refusing, trying to explain.
"Everyone shut up!" Gina was standing on the bed, screaming. "Benicio!" She pointed towards one of the new police officers. "You know me! Trust me when I say that you guys need to let these people explain." Several other nurses were nodding in agreement.
As the room began to calm down, my rage was boiling over.
What kind of men were these? And how fucking dare they try to kill something so innocent. So fucking pure.
What I'd done was justified--they'd kidnapped Tatiana. But them, they took their revenge out, not only on Benny and one of our clubs, but they'd tried to kill an innocent child!
I wanted to burn this hospital down to the ground, to rage and kill every fucking last one of them.
"Knight!"
Rose's voice finally captured my attention, her eyes on my hand. The two cops we'd taken down were handcuffed and being led from the room. Everyone was grouped between the cops and the Kings, with the nurses in between.
Except, Bourbon was now standing between me and Rose. Coulter had pulled Aster close, holding her hand, but they were both staring, blinking at me. In fact, everyone was looking at me. Including the cops.
"Knight," Rose didn't look afraid of me, but for me as she gestured with her head towards my hand. "Put it away."
I suddenly realized that I was the only one with a gun still in my hand.
"Shit, sorry." I quickly put it away, and the tension in the room visibly lowered.
"Bourbon, quit being a bully and move out of the way," Rose gently pushed him to the side, handing off the baby." I need to talk to Knight."
Bourbon carefully took the small form in his hands, rocking him gently, while still keeping an eye on me as he, hesitatingly, stepped aside.
The rage still filling me quickly shifted, weaving with shame. "Rose," I choked out through the knot in my throat, "I'm sorry," I began, unable to keep the pain from my voice. "I..." I didn't know how to start, what to say. The realization of what had just happened, what could have happened...
"Knight," she grabbed hold of my hand, her face pale, her fingers trembling. I clasped it, wishing I could take her fear from her. Her voice was soft, her expression kind, "You jumped in front of that bullet for me." I only now registered the pain. Glancing down, I realized that it had nicked my arm. One of the cops was pulling it from the wall.
"Of course. That's my..." I didn't finish the sentence. I was going to say, 'job', but I hadn't done it because I felt obligated to do it. I did it because I would give my life for the family. I loved these people.
"Tell me, what happened?" Rose soothed. "Where is Tatiana, really?"
"The truth is--I don't know."
"Do you think she's hurt?"
"I don't think so." I held out my hands. "But. I don't know for sure."
"Knight," Rose's voice was firm. "You need to figure this out."
"But what about you? The cartel could try again , and--"
"No," she shook her head. "Now that we know what's going on, we'll be fine. You need to go get your woman."
"We need to talk," Bourbon interrupted, his expression dark and serious. Coulter stood behind him, looking guilty. Shit. Fuck. Coulter had told him everything.
