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“Working on it, Lennon, go get checked out, yeah?” he says and she nods.
I duck as I run under the helicopter’s blades, seeing one of Greg’s men in the main cabin waiting for us.
Climbing in, he hands me headphones, and then I settle Lennon in my arms. Putting on the headphones, I realize there’s a built-in microphone.
“How far out are we?” I ask, leaning back with Lennon.
“Fifteen minutes,” he says and I nod.
Looking down, Lennon’s already starting to nod off. My thumb runs over her wrist, needing to feel her pulse as we rush her to the hospital for treatment.
At the very least, she’ll need to be looked over for malnourishment and shock.
* * *
Orion
I stare at the girl Turner pointed at with so much anger. “Derek, who is that?” I ask as he walks up to me.
Staring, he blinks. “That is Prescott Jones,The Darkest Nights’ex-manager. She fed the press all kinds of information about Lennon when she was kidnapped. Prescott was just a twatapotamus, to Lennon especially, so we all cheered when she got fired. What the fuck is she doing here?”
“No idea,” Roark says, having joined us as we were talking. “I was clearing the solitary confinement padded rooms, and there she was drooling on herself. Prescott clearly got on the wrong side of someone. I’m looking forward to hearing what she did, as soon as the drugs wear off. She’s pretty high at the moment on something.”
Crew passes by and looks over at Prescott. “She’s high on a combination of things, I think. There’s not a file on her Patty told me, so I think she was tossed in that padded room until they could decide what to do with her. You better get moving so you can join up with Lennon. Go through the trees, and there’ll be someone to meet you on the other side of the fence. They’re waiting for you,” he says before he moves on.
I bite my lip, shifting my weight. “You better get going then. I think it’s better if I finish helping here, because I won’t be much help at the hospital. I am going to see if I can get a ride out until I hit cell service too, just in case Greg really was able to fry all of the cameras and my dad and Grant have no idea I was here.”
Derek sighs. “Orion, the only reason she reacted so badly is because she didn’t know you—”
“And I fucking tortured her,” I hiss.
Roark startles, looking closer at me. “I didn’t have any choice, I was here as Grant’s right hand man. Xav was testing me, and he was pushing Lennon really hard. I made sure she passed out when she had had enough, so she could rest. It’s the only mercy I could give her at the time,” I sigh.
Roark swallows as he nods. “I think she’ll be able to understand that, once you’re able to talk to Lennon,” he says. “She was able to forgive Derek, after all.”
Derek snorts. “Len is the most amazing woman I’ve ever met. When you have service, text me so we’re all on the same page. Don’t fucking disappear on me,” he says.
I nod, because I know that even if that was on the docket, he’d beat my ass when he found me. My cock twitches at this and I frown. I may have unlocked a kink I didn’t know I had.
Can virgins have kinks?
Derek looks at me funny, and I try to look innocent. “You have the oddest look on your face, makes me wish I had time to interrogate you for information,” he mutters.
I shove away the idea of his cock and knives as they walk away, but my dick refuses to get the memo. Instead, I spend the next few hours cataloging files, moving furniture, and organizing. There’s no reason my father would text me or come over to my house this late, so checking my phone isn’t a priority.
Finally, at five in the morning, I catch a ride into town so I can check my messages.
Once I have a signal, my phone explodes with missed calls and messages.Fuck.
Sitting in the passenger seat, I start to go through them. It’s not unusual for me to go off the grid, so Grant and my father shouldn’t think it’s odd.
Grant: Things just all went to shit. Lay low, I’ll call you later.
I missed four calls from him, but he didn’t bother to leave a message.
Another message is from my father:
Dad: Of all the goddamn times for you to disappear, you had to choose today?! Can you fucking call me so I know you’re alive?
