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“But we both know you need to go.” She tapped her earpiece,and I knew we were being recorded. I didn’t need the team to know I waspregnant before I had a chance to tell Gus.

I needed to be able to tell Gus. He had to know.

“Let’s get you to the hospital to get checked out, and thenwe’ll see Gus. He’s going to be fine.”

“Why did he do that? Why did he push me out of the way? Iwould’ve been fine.”

“I think you need to ask him that.”

“He broke protocol.”

Daisy shook her head vehemently. “Protocol is to stay alive.We’re not the Secret Service here. Yes, we have toprotect our charges, but we have to be alive in order to do that.”

“I need him to wake up and have the doctors tell us he’s allclear.”

“Of course. And then we’re going to have a talk.” She glaredat me, and I nodded.

Pregnant women were of course allowed to work for thecompany. First, it would be illegal if we weren’t, and second, the Montgomerys were a breeding family. My lips twitched atthat thought, even with the situation. Because they were constantly havingchildren. Daisy had like ninety cousins and second cousins. And all of themcame from families who owned businesses. They worked hard, played harder, andtook care of their own no matter what. But we were the first security companyin the family. I might not be a Montgomery by birth, but they had taken me inwhen I joined the company, and I counted them as friends. But being pregnantwhile in the line of duty where my unborn child could get hurt was a risk Iwasn’t sure I could take. I had wanted to talk it out with Gus and my teambefore making any decisions. Today should have been easy. It should have beenan in-and-out. Nobody should have gotten hurt.

“Let’s go. Noah and Ford have it,” Kane snapped, glaring.“That was a clusterfuck. We never should have taken this job.”

“Any word on Gus?” I asked, my words coming fast.

“No.” He froze when he got a good look at me. “You’ve gotblood on you. Is it yours?”

I shook my head, feeling slightly woozy. Then again, I’dbeen feeling that way for the past few days.

“No, I’m fine. Maybe a bruise from hitting the ground, butGus took the brunt of the damage from above. He’s going to make it throughthis.”

“Damn straight. Crap,”Kane growled, and we made our way to the SUV.

The authorities stopped us, and I sighed, wanting to get tothe hospital, to get to Gus. But first, we had some questions to answer. Peopleto deal with.

And a shit ton of paperwork tocome.

I hoped he would be fine. No, he would make it.

Because there wasn’t another outcome. I would never forgivemyself if it happened any other way.

I let out a deep breath and swore I would yell at him forputting himself in danger for me. And then I would tell him everything, even ifit broke me.

But first, he needed to wake up.

* * * *

“Let’s get you checked out,” Daisy said after a minute, butI shook my head, pacing the hospital waiting room.

Once we’d finished with the authorities, we made our way tothe emergency room. I was the worst off, covered in dust and blood. The nurse hadtaken one look at me and decided that I needed to go back to see someone. Ishook them off, saying it wasn’t my blood and that I was fine. I just wanted tohear about Gus. However, since we weren’t family, and Gus hadn’t told them orbeen able to tell them that we were allowed to hear any information, it was awaiting game. We literally had no idea what was going on back there, only thathe was at this hospital.

“Are you sure no one else was hurt?” I asked as Kingstonrubbed the back of his neck.

“No one else was hurt. I’m just pissed offthat I didn’t see the guy in time. That he was able to get the dumbass homemade bomb in at all.”

I continued to pace as Daisy stood against the wall,watching me as if I might fall at any moment. I didn’t blame her because I wasstill slightly woozy. Noah and Ford were still on-site, as were a few of ourother team members. Kingston had come with us because he had watched the wallcome down over us. I was fine. Not even a bruise—at least yet. All because Gushad taken the brunt of it. I was going to kick his ass. He was not allowed tosacrifice himself for me. Who the hell did he think he was?

“He got through because his cousin worked at the hotel.Apparently, they look enough alike that he got past our contract worker.” Daisysnarled the last words, and I knew Noah and Ford were dealing with whoever hadmade the mistake. We were human, it happened, but Gus had gotten hurt. And Iknew nothing about what was going on back there.

My phone rang, making my heart race, somehow thinking it wasGus calling me from the other side of the double doors they’d barred us from.