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“It’s fine,” I chuckled. “But I can’t believe you and Nate are so jealous that you consider me a threat. I am her brother.”
He laughed and shook his head. “I know that. But this silly wolf inside me doesn’t care. He said she is ours and he can’t believe I am letting another man touch her.”
I laughed and removed Aria’s shirt. She was wearing a sports bra underneath. I removed her socks but decided to leave her jeans on her. I didn’t want Nate to lose control completely.
Nate was going to have to learn to let me be around her. No wolf in the world was going to stop me from being around my sister. Not after I lost 20 years with her.
Annie came back with a big bowl of water. She threw ice cubes in there so the water would stay cold longer.
Annie dipped the towel in the bowl and handed it to Nick. He gently started to pat her forehead and her arms.
I got off the bed and sat on the chair. I decided to let Nick take care of the fever. Maybe that will calm Nate down a bit.
We took turns taking care of her. It had already been a couple of hours since she fell asleep. She should be awake by now. She was shaking constantly. Her fever was high and not coming down. Nick was worried out of his mind, and I started to panic slightly.
I was sitting beside her, cooling her down with a towel when Annie placed her hand on my shoulder.
“Gabe, I think you and Nick should go downstairs and eat something,” she said. “I will stay with her.”
“I am not leaving,” Nick growled before I even began to speak.
“Come on, Nick,” she argued. “You need to calm down a bit.”
“I am not hungry,” he said.
“Fine. Thanks for drinking something,” she responded angrily and took the towel away from me.
I didn’t want to leave either, but I knew she was right. We needed to leave this room for a bit before we tore it down.
“She is right, man,” I said and got up. “Let’s go grab a beer. Annie will take care of her.”
Nick sighed and ran his hand through his hair. “Fine.”
We went downstairs and I grabbed a couple of beers from the fridge.
Nick sat at the table and placed his head in his hands.
“She will be fine,” I said and sat opposite him. I don’t know if I was consoling him, or myself.
“I know,” he sighed. “I just can’t calm down when she is not okay.”
I took a sip of my beer and Nick started speaking when a blood-chilling scream interrupted him.
We jumped up and ran back to my room.
Annie was hugging Aria who was sobbing uncontrollably. She struggled to breathe, and she was holding on to Annie like she was her lifeline.
Nick started to walk toward her, wanting to hold her. She quickly looked up at the two of us and whimpered. She let go of Annie and crawled backward, away from us. Her back hit the headboard. She stopped, hugged her knees, and lowered her head. She looked so broken and afraid.
My heart broke. What the hell did she remember?
Nick’s POV
I looked at Gabriel and I could tell he was as broken and as afraid as I was.
Annie turned to look at us and I saw tears falling down her cheeks.
What the hell happened to her? I will kill whoever hurt her.
