Page 49 of Rescuing Erin

“How did they find us?”

“I haven’t talked to my team yet. I waited for fucking ever for the doctor to come in. After the fresh out of med school kid looked me over, I took a shower and waited for the nurse to wrap my ribs and came straight here. Everything else can wait, you couldn’t.”

“Thank you. I saw my dad.”

“I did, too. How was he when he saw you?”

I’d been doing so well not crying but remembering the look on my dad’s face I lost it.

“He looked horrible. I’ve never seen him so angry and sad and horrified in my life. It hurt to see him stare at me with such anguish. He barely spoke.”

“You know he’s not mad at you, right?”

“He looked disappointed.”

“He is. In himself. In me. In the men who thought he could trust. He’s fucking angry at the world. At the men who dared to touch you. At every single person who was behind you being hurt. But the one person he is not mad at or disappointed in is you.”

“But—”

“No buts. He’s a man whose daughter was taken, threatened, and hurt. Someone will pay for what they’ve done. And they shouldn’t be afraid of Zane or me even. When your father finds the men responsible, hellfire will rain down on them like this world has never seen.”

“I thought they were dead, the men who took us. That Warren guy—”

“Hey. You’re safe.” Colin stood and sat on the bed next to me, forcing me to move over. He gathered both of my shaking hands in his and held on tightly.

“But if there are more—”

“Erin. I promise you, you’re safe.”

I didn’t believe him. Not when this wasn’t over. I’d thought it was, but it wasn’t. And, suddenly, I was more frightened than I’d been when I was locked in the room with a bloody Colin.

“Sorry to interrupt, but Tex is calling in. We need you,” Zane said from the doorway.

“Then you can come in here,” Colin answered.

“It’s not secure.”

“Then you don’t need me. I’m not leaving Erin. And before you ask, yes, it’s like that. And, no, nothing will make me leave this room. My woman is scared out of her head and there’s not a goddamn person that is going to drag me out of here.”

“Christ. Can’t any of you keep your—”

“Careful, Z.”

“I was going to say, emotions in check.” Zane cracked a smile, showing off his dimples, and I knew he was lying. He would have said something crass if Colin hadn’t stopped him. “And here I thought Jaxon and Leo were crazy. But you? You had to go and fall for the untouchable. Please tell me you’ve spoken to her father. The last thing I need is to lose one of my best operatives.”

“I did. I have his blessing.”

“Well, fuck me running.”

“What? You talked to my dad about what?”

I was getting whiplash trying to follow Zane and Colin’s conversation.

“I did.”

“You told him? About us?”

“If by us you mean I told him I was going to marry you, then, yes, I spoke to him about us.”