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“I’m so sorry, Mason. You didn’t deserve any of this.”
“It’s done now,” he replied.
Gerri walked with him as he carried Jane into the house. He quickly made his way to the bedroom.
“I’ll bring the healer and witch as soon as they arrive, sir.”
“Thank you, Giles.”
Gerri held open the bedroom door.
“Thanks,” Mason said as he gently laid Jane on the mattress. Under any other circumstances, he would love seeing her in his bed. But at the moment, it was all he could do to keep his cool. She was still in much more danger than she knew. The bite could kill her if it wasn’t dealt with soon.
“Do you need a drink or anything?” Mason asked Jane.
“Water would be amazing.”
“I’ll grab it,” Gerri said.
“That’s okay. You stay with Jane. I’ll go get it.”
Mason had to get out of there. Even if it was just for a moment to get his mate a drink. He had to calm himself and get it together before he lost it in front of her. The last thing he wanted was to scare her more than she already was.
“Sir, how bad is it?” Giles asked as Mason entered the kitchen.
“Bad. Did you get ahold of Krista?” Mason asked.
“Yes. She’s bringing Caleb with her. He’s the best healer around.”
“Did she say how long it would take them to get here?” Mason worried they were running out of time.
“They should be here any second,” Giles confirmed with a glance at his phone.
“Did you need anything else, sir?”
“Water. She wants some water.”
* * *
Gerri saton the bed next to Jane and clasped her hand in her own. “Are you okay, honey?” she asked.
“To be honest, I’ve had better days. How are you?”
“Me?” Gerri looked puzzled. “I’m fine. I’m not the human who decided to go up against a few shifters on her own, silly girl.”
“Yeah. Not my best moment. I really should have listened to Mason when he told me to stay here, but I just had it in my head that I wasn’t about to blindly follow another man’s orders,” she huffed. “But what I’ve figured out is I don’t have to follow bullshit orders or commands.
“I realize now that Mason was only looking out for me and trying to keep me safe. There’s a big difference between that and how Craig used to treat me.” Jane was glad that she had finally made that revelation on her own. She felt like such an idiot for thinking the two were the same. “I don’t know how I could have been so damn dumb,” she winced as the pain in her neck flared up again.
“You’re not dumb, honey. You were taken advantage of by Craig. He was … is an ass, and he always will be. He’s nothing like Mason. I hope you know that.”
“I do. There’s a night and day difference between them. You know what I thought when I knew I was going to die?” A chill passed over her as she remembered the terrorizing moment.
“What’s that?” Gerri asked.
“The future that I was going to miss out on if I died. I’ve been so damn stubborn since my divorce. I never once allowed myself to think of what it could be like with the right guy. Probably because I never knew the right guy until now. Anyway, I saw a life with Mason. An incredible life, or at least what life with him could be like.
“Maybe I’m full of it. Who knows? Either way, for the first time in a long, long time, I wanted the life that I saw. I wanted all of it. No questions. No hesitations. I was more afraid of losing Mason than I was to give up what I’ve always thought of as my freedom.”
