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“Raine!” I hear Knox yell in what sounds like a terrified voice but that can’t be true at all. A moment later, there’s banging as he tries to open up my door.
He finally manages to get me out, after cutting the seatbelt. He pulls me into him and I feel his entire body shaking. Mine is too. I’m shaken up and my entire body is trembling. There are spots in my vision and I feel like I’m about to pass out soon.
“Fucking hell, baby! You fucking took ten years off my life! Are you okay?” he questions.
I’m about to answer but more pain shoots across my stomach. It’s so intense that I cry out. A moment later, I feel something wet against my legs. Without thinking, I put my hand between my thighs. When I pull it back, I see it covered in blood. Shit! I must be more injured in the crash than I first thought.
“Holy shit, baby! You’re bleeding!” Knox grunts in a scared voice before lifting me in his arms and running toward his car. “We have to get you to the hospital.”
He gently places me on the backseat before running his hand over my body, looking for any more severe damage. I feel the familiar darkness calling to me and I want to go toward it.
It feels like the same one that always comes for me, but somehow it also feels different. I don’t know what to make of that.
“I need to go,” I whisper. “It’ll all be over soon.”
“No. No! Fuck no! You’re not leaving me, baby! Stay with me, please. Just hold on for a little while longer,” he says before slamming the door behind him and taking off. It’s funny that we’ve been here a time or maybe two before, but this feels like the last one.
Well, at least I hope it is because I’m tired as hell. I just want all the pain to end. With that last thought in mind, I close my eyes and slowly drift off into the dark abyss that awaits me.
Twenty-Four
KNOX
I wasa little tired by the time I got back home after checking in on Ezra. It’s only been a few days since he collapsed on the field so we’re all still waiting on the results from his tests to come back.
I just hope he’s fine and nothing serious is wrong with him. I hate seeing one of my best friends like this. I miss the crazy laid-back playboy Ez so much.
I have to say that since Raine moved to Riverside, things have been hectic. Though I hated her at first, I’ve finally come to peace with everything. I just hope that in time everything will be fine.
It feels like everything is falling apart and sometimes I feel like I don’t know what to do anymore. Things between Asher and Kinsley have definitely progressed, but there’s still something going on with them. Things between Ez and Ax have been a shit show for a while. I know what’s bothering their asses, but I just wish they’d figure it out already.
Things between Raine and I have definitely been up and down, but I get it. I was a total asshole and a dickhead. She has no reason to trust me. But I wish she’d see how much I was trying to make it all up to her, which definitely hasn’t been something easy for me. I’ve never had to apologize to anyone before.
But for her, I’d do whatever it takes to win her over and show her how much I fucking love her. I just wish she’d stop trying to kill herself every chance she got. It would make my life a hell of a lot easier.
I push all those thoughts away as I step into the house. I want to focus on her, and I don’t want anything between us. She deserves all my attention. I want to shower her in love and show her that I’m the man for her, despite us having a rough start.
As soon as I enter the house though, it feels different. Don’t even ask me how I know, I just do. I don’t feel her presence in the house so I know she’s gone. Gah! I’m going to tan her little ass because the girl can never fucking do as she’s told.
Just to be sure though, I make my way to the den where I left her to see if she’s still there. As I suspected, she isn’t. I check the entire house from top to bottom leaving her room for last. I don’t find her, just like I knew I wouldn’t. I give Ash a call as I make my way up the stairs.
“Hey, man, what’s up?” he says as he answers the call.
“I can’t find Raine,” I say with a sigh. “Can you send out the message to our guys to keep an eye out for her and give me a call if they see anything?”
“I’m on it. Damn, man, she’s really giving you a run for your money, isn’t she?” He snickers over the line.
I sigh again. “Well, it’s nothing I don’t deserve after all the shit I put her through.”
“True, brother, true. But she has to come around sometime, right? Maybe when you’re both like ninety or something, she’ll forgive you,” he says laughing.
“Asshole!” I mutter as he hangs up to call our guys.
Once I get to her room, I’m not surprised to find it empty. I walk in anyway and her scent instantly engulfs me. I love the way she smells—fresh and sexy. Whatever it is, it has a direct link to my cock whenever she’s near me.
I spot her laptop on her bed when I’m about to walk out of her room and move over to it. It’s open so she must have used it since she doesn’t have a phone after ditching the last one. I really should give her ass a good spanking since she loves to disobey me so much.
I press the spacebar and her computer comes to life. She doesn’t have a password on here so it’s easy to get into her shit. Not that I couldn’t even if she did have a password. The google page she had open is still on the screen and I pray for patience as I see what she’s been looking at.
