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“What happened?” she askedhim.
He shook his head. “Don’t worry about thatnow.”
Her eyes flashed. “Tellme.”
He drew in a breath. “The security cameras picked up adrone.”
“Adrone?”
He nodded. “A civilian drone, but a powerful one. It looks like it dropped some kind of explosive at the front of thehouse.”
“Malcolm?” sheasked.
“We don’t know yet,” he said. “Butprobably.”
She shook her head. “I don’t understand. If he wanted to hit us hard, why drop something at the front? He could have taken out the whole building if he’d set an explosive loose at the center of thehouse.”
She was scared and in the hospital, had suffered yet another trauma, and her mind was still turning over theproblem.
She was Damian’s match in everyway.
Except he didn’t want her working the problem rightnow.
Not thisproblem.
“Let’s talk about it later,” hesaid.
Understanding dawned in her eyes. “He was targeting me,” she said softly. “Drones have cameras. He could see me walking toward the front of the house. He must have already armed the bomb when Enzo and Andre started moving me back toward thecar.”
Damian was saved from having to answer by the arrival of an older woman in a white labcoat.
“Hello,” she said, extending her hand first to Aria and then to Damian. “I’m Doctor Rikesh. How are you feeling?” she askedAria.
“I’m fine,” Aria said, propping herself up on her elbows. “Is the babyokay?”
Doctor Rikesh consulted the chart in her hands. “The baby looks fine. You’d be surprised what they can survive in there. It’s nature’s perfectcocoon.”
Relief was visible on Aria’sface.
“Can I go home now?” sheasked.
Damian was glad he’d called Nico from the hospital waiting room while Aria was admitted. Nico had offered up his apartment in the city to Aria and Damian indefinitely, along with any extra guards Damianneeded.
He wished he could take Aria back to the Westchester house, but it would be awhile before they’d assessed the damage and figured out how long it would take to rebuild thefront.
“Actually, we’d like to keep you overnight for observation,” Doctor Rikeshsaid.
“Observation?” Damian never knew such a simple word could stop his heart. “You just said the baby isokay.”
“It most definitely is,” she said. “However, Aria’s blood pressure is slightly elevated. It’s no wonder after what she’s been through, but we’d like her to stay the night as aprecaution.”
“I’m fine,” Aria protested. “I just want to gohome.”
Damian rested his hand on her shoulder. “Stay,” he said. “It will give me the night to set everything up at Nico’splace.”
“Nico’splace?”
“He offered his apartment to us while we figure out the situation at the house,” Damian said. “No one’s there right now anyway, and it’s in the city, closer to my office and…” He glanced at the doctor, not wanting to alarm her about Aria’s safety. “Well, it’s closer to everything,” hefinished.
