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“Is Aspen okay?”
He nodded. “Safe at the house with Trinity and Shiloh, but there was something that I wanted to tell you about.”
“Who is it?” Blaise barked.
“Come on,” I told him, leading Saxon into the room.
Blaise looked from me to Saxon before turning his focus back to the prisoner.
“Hey, Sax,” Gage called out in greeting. “You want to try some slicing?”
Saxon shook his head, looking away from the bloody mess Trev had joined in on.
“What happened?” I asked Saxon, not liking that this had something to do with Aspen.
I should have sent Kye, but I couldn’t do it. I didn’t want him near her. Not right now. I needed time to get over him being so close to her.
“Girl who volunteers there, her brother. He was interested in Aspen, and the sister is nice—I mean, she’s fucking gorgeous. But the brother … he doesn’t seem safe.”
Dammit! Aspen had wanted to work at the hospital, and I had made it happen even though I didn’t want to share her. Now, she’d worked one fucking day, and there is already some shit looking at her.
“Did he touch her?” I asked through clenched teeth.
“No, I wouldn’t have allowed it. But he made her uncomfortable. She was tense, and she walked close to my side, like she was scared of him.”
The image he was putting in my head wasn’t helping my mental stability. I was teetering near the edge. I needed to get to her. Talk to her. Make sure she was okay. Then, I needed his goddamn name. He wouldn’t get near her ever again.
“You good?” Gage asked, studying me.
I didn’t respond as I tried to tap down the fury unrolling itself from the tight ball I kept it in.
“This about Aspen?” Gage asked Saxon.
“Yeah.”
“Fuck. You want me to get him out of here before he rips this guy’s throat out before he talks?” Gage asked.
I could feel Blaise studying me. The thumping under my skin was getting worse.
“Saxon, get Kye down here. Levi, go handle your shit before you snap.”
I didn’t wait for Blaise to say more before I turned and left. Getting to Aspen was the only thing that could cool this off. Everyone else needed to stay out of my way until I got to her. The motherfucker who had scared her would be dealt with after I knew she was okay.
“He’s going to kill someone,” I heard Gage say as I walked down the tunnel.
“He didn’t touch Aspen. Just scared her,” Saxon replied.
“Yep, the fucker’s dead,” Gage said matter-of-factly.
He knew me well.
Stalking through the house, I listened for Aspen’s voice, but it was silent. I checked outside, and the pool area was empty. The urgency to see her was pounding against my chest as I took the stairs two at a time. When I reached my bedroom door, I flung it open, then froze.
Aspen was curled up in a ball in the middle of my bed. Her hair was damp, and she had on one of my shirts. I took her in, trying to calm myself down. She was there, safe, fine. Nothing had happened to her.
While keeping my eyes on her, I untied my boots, then slipped them off. Jerked the shirt I had on over my head and tossed it onto the floor before discarding my jeans, then climbed into bed beside her. I wrapped my arm around her and brought her up against my chest, then inhaled. That helped. That fucking helped a lot.
“Levi?” Her soft voice was raspy.
