Page 33 of Vow of Hate

The doctor turns back to me. “Sienna, we need to get you to my clinic. Carry her.”

Dante picks me up despite my cries of pain. The expression on his face is one I don’t understand. He doesn’t care for me, I know that. But…

I sob when Dante places me in the back seat of the doctor’s car. “I know,” he murmurs. “But you’ll get help.”

Thankfully, the drive to the doctor’s clinic is not far from here. That’s probably the reason he’s Dante’s private doctor.

The clinic is small with only one nurse in the front office. She doesn’t even blink an eye as Dante walks past her with me in his arms, the doctor following.

I’m placed on a medical bed and the doctor gets to work. The pain is too much and I can’t hold it back any longer.

Darkness takes over me and I’m grateful that I don’t have to feel any more pain.

Dante

Seeing Sienna pass out makes my chest fucking squeeze. But what is this feeling? I’ve never had it before.

“You need to give me space to work,” Dr. Russo says. “Get out.”

“I am not going anywhere.”

“I can help her faster if you just go. So go.” He practically shoves me out of the room and I wait in the front office. Jolene, his assistant, stares back at me.

“What?” I snap.

“Normally you’re the one in here for injuries,” she comments.

“Just get back to work.” I settle in one of the waiting chairs. Jolene chews her gum and continues to stare at me. American. Too bold for my liking.

It takes Dr. Russo an hour before he comes out to me. “I did multiple scans. She doesn’t have any internal bleeding. No fractures, miraculously. Just really bad bruising. She’ll be in pain for a while.”

“Can I take her back home with me?”

“Yes.” He hesitates. “Who is she?”

“None of your concern.” I have to get Sienna back before we’re discovered here. And then I need to go kill Edward for what he fucking did to her.

Sienna is still asleep even after I take her home. Russo explained that the pain knocked her out but she should come to anytime.

I leave her in the bedroom with the door locked. I need to go deal with Edward.

I could tell Sienna wasn’t lying when she said his name. And besides, Edward has been a pain in my ass for years. I just like bringing him around to mess with him. Because it’s fun. But he would never try anything with me. I was protected.

I guess Sienna was fair game in his eyes.

Fuck that.

It’s not hard to find him. At a fucking strip club at the end of the day. It’s the place he loves going to the most.

He’s sipping a drink and watching a woman shake her ass before his very eyes. I slide into the seat beside him and pat him on the back. He practically chokes on his drink.

“What do you think you were doing, Ed?”

“Dante. Hi. What brings you in tonight?”

“I know you beat her, Edward. Kicked her. She told me. Were you hoping she was dead when you left her and that I would never find out?”

He doesn’t respond.