My hand gripped the knife tighter as I pulled it down further, reaching the top of his stomach.
“Ok, ok, wait,” he begged.
“I’m listening.”
He let out a small laugh as blood splattered from his mouth, hitting my shirt. “Callum told me to keep you here as long as possible.”
I screwed my face at him, confusion running through my mind. “What?”
A sick feeling of dread started to form in the pit of my stomach, fear slithering its way through my veins.
I startled as my phone started to ring in my pocket, and panic ran through me as I stared at Soran’s name on the screen. My eyes darted to Sami, who just smiled at me as I answered the phone.
“Sebastian.” Soran’s voice sounded raspy, like he could barely get my name out. He paused, and in that moment, I knew. “The Organisation … we’ve been hit.”
I swallowed, trying to clear the tightness in my throat. “What do you mean?”
“It was Callum. Callum had the place blown up.” I blinked a few times, trying to process what he was saying. “Sebastian …” My name shook. “Logan was in there.”
My mind started racing, my heart pounding in my ears as a cold sweat washed over me.
“No,” was the only word I managed to get out.
My phone fell from my hand. Tight pains ran through my chest as I tried to take in as much oxygen as possible.
Callum had wanted me out of the country.
He’d been working against me all along.
52
Aria
Iblinked a few times, my eyes blurry, trying to focus, as I heard a quiet sound of bleeping. I slowly lifted my hand, noticing a cannula as my eyes narrowed on it to gain full focus. My eyes trailed from it to the tube attached, and I turned my head to see the IV bag.
A nurse was standing there, checking the machines. I tried to pull myself up, but a sharp, dragging pain filled my lower abdomen as I winced, sucking air in through my teeth.
“Don’t move, dear. You’re in the hospital. You had emergency surgery. Just try to stay still for now.” She smiled, squeezing my hand.
I couldn’t quite grasp what she was saying; my head felt foggy, blank, not able to remember a thing.
“I’ll let the doctors know you’re awake. They’ll come and explain everything to you properly.”
“I don’t understand.” My voice came out groggy.
She stopped what she was doing, squeezing my hand again. “I’ll go get them,” she said as she made her way out of the room.
Silence filled the room, the beeping distant as I looked around. Little flashes of being in the office with Caspian telling me I didn’t look so good ran through my head.
The door opened, and a doctor walked in. He came over to the bed, checked my ID badge on my wrist, then sat down in the chair next to me.
“Good morning, Aria. I’m Dr Hamilton. I was part of the team that operated on you. How are you feeling right now? Any pain? Are you feeling dizzy or nauseous?” he asked gently.
“Um, no.” I rubbed my arms. “Just cold, and my hands feel tingly. What happened?”
“That’s perfectly normal after a blood transfusion and a major operation. Your body’s temperature is trying to regulate itself.” His eyes flicked to the machine, then back to meet mine.
“You were brought in after collapsing at work. You lost a significant amount of blood internally. We took you in for emergency surgery, and we found that you had an ectopic pregnancy.” My hand naturally found my stomach, and he paused for a beat. “That means the pregnancy implanted in your fallopian tube instead of your womb. There’s a higher risk of ectopic pregnancies when using the contraceptive implant, and unfortunately, that was the case here.”
