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Jane couldn’t believe it. None of it. Since her divorce, she had always been all about remaining alone for the rest of her life. How stupid she had been. No, not stupid. She had been hurt and betrayed long ago. Because of that trauma, she had pushed away any thought, want, or need of a life with someone else. It had taken her nearly dying to figure that out.
“I knew you’d get there eventually, honey.” Gerri squeezed her hand lightly.
“Is that why you were so damn persistent?” Jane laughed.
“Well, that and I thought you’d like to … I don’t know … maybe get laid.” Gerri laughed.
“Yeah, there’s that. And wow.”
“I bet!”
“What’s going to happen to me?” Jane asked, her voice suddenly serious. Her body had a constant chill, and the pain in her head was about to eat her brain. Every bone in her body hurt like hell, in addition to the bite mark on her neck, which wouldn’t stop bleeding.
“You’re going to be healed, and a witch is going to do a spell to break whatever link was created between you and Jax,” Gerri explained.
“Will it hurt?” Jane asked.
“Probably, and I know Mason feels bad about that. So do I. Neither of us wants to see you in pain.”
“I feel like I’m dying. Like my entire body is shutting down. I feel so tired,” Jane’s voice turned to a soft whisper.
“Hang in there, honey. They’ll be here soon.”
TWENTY-SEVEN
“Here’s your water,” Mason said as he entered the room.
“Thanks,” Jane said with a whisper.
“Let’s sit you up a little bit,” Gerri said, lifting Jane into an upright position.
“Thank you. I feel so damn weak. Like I can barely hold my head up on my own.”
Mason held the bottle of water to her lips, allowing her to take slow sips of the ice water. He hated seeing her in so much pain. For the umpteenth time, he wanted to kill Jax all over again, maybe harder this time around.
“Sir, Krista and Caleb are here,” Giles announced.
“Finally,” he sighed, knowing how short they were on time.
“What do we have here?” Caleb asked.
“My mate has been bitten and marked by my former alpha,” Mason explained.
“Oh, that’s not good,” Krista said. “May I?” she asked as she approached Jane slowly.
“Of course,” Mason said with a nod, knowing that he needed to stay the fuck out of the way and not interfere with what needed to be done. No matter how much he wanted to help his mate, helping her was out of his hands.
“I’m Krista. I’m going to be the one who gets this venom out of your system and breaks whatever connection that sick fucker made to you. I wish I could say this is going to be easy and painless, but it won’t be. Mason, Gerri, I need you to hold her down. We need to get started. She doesn’t have much time left.”
Mason hopped across the bed and scooted behind Jane. “I’ve got her arms. You hold her feet,” he said to Gerri.
“On it,” Gerri said, climbing onto the bed and covering Jane’s legs with her body.
“Ready?” Krista asked.
When both he and Gerri nodded, Krista started to chant in a language Mason did not understand. The hair on his arms stood on end. His wolf surged forward, suddenly aware of the magic surrounding them.
Easy, boy,Mason said to his wolf.This is the only way to save our mate. The last thing we need is for you to pop out right now and bite the head off of the witch.
