The least surprising thing about all of this was that Elizabeth would give Rayna dignity in death. She was very protective of the dead.
“Did you hear anything?” he asked. “Because I know she likely called Chris. If her com was on…”
Raphael had two jobs.
Protect the family and keep Caspian safe. Neither could be done if this man knew the truth. Oh, he saw what was done to Rayna, and it was one of the worst things he’d seen in his whole life. Devon had opened her up and spread her out like some sick display meant to devastate.
How Elizabeth stood over that without vomiting…she had a stronger stomach than he did because he’d puked in the bushes outside of her home.
Raphael had seen combat, and people blown up from IEDs, and none of that compared to what he’d witnessed staring in her bedroom window.
“Nothing was said over the com. She just called Chris to move her. That’s it. She took care of her from that moment on. Like I said, she went into the house, and she found her. When she was carefully placed in the body bag, we moved her here. Elizabeth stood watch for you over her body, and only she and Ivan carried her out.”
Again, he wasn’t shocked. Caspian had filled in for Gryphen when he’d been injured and healing. He’d personally seen her stand over bodies and treat them like they mattered.
Now, he felt even worse for shoving her. Later, he’d find her and talk, but for now, he needed to see what that piece of shit did to Rayna.
And then, he’d hunt him down and kill him. If he sexually assaulted his woman, Caspian was going to fuck him with a bazooka.
Trust and believe.
Sitting up, he was strong enough to face the cold, hard reality of what happened to Rayna. He needed to go to the new source, so he could figure out his next step.
“I need to see her.”
Oh, Jesus Christ.
How could that go wrong?
Raphael knew that he’d never forget what he saw, and the last thing this man needed was to be traumatized. That’s exactly what would happen too.
TRAUMA.
So, he tried to talk him out of it.
“No one can authorize that but Chris. She’s with him,” he stated. “I wouldn’t bother him. He’s probably…”
That was all he had to say.
Caspian pushed himself up and knew that he needed to get to Rayna. There was no way he would get past this if he couldn’t see what he’d done to her.
His next steps were based on what was to happen next.
And only that.
Without warning, he was heading out of the security lounge with only one mission in mind.
This was going to be bad because if he’d shoved Elizabeth in anger, he’d do the same to Chris.
Or Saint.
While Elizabeth would tolerate his explosion at her, she wouldNOTat Chris.
She’d lose her shit.
Pulling out his phone, he privately texted Saint to give him the heads-up as to the hurricane moving toward him. He couldn’t use his vest in fear that it would alert Caspian as to what was coming.
Or worse, Elizabeth.
