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Tamsin
Viper’s strong hand is around my wrist as he’s taken out of the ambulance, and he’s watching me with an expression that dares me to move away from him. How can he even have the energy to be this possessive? He should have fallen asleep a long time ago and I have never seen a man handle pain this well. I’ve been through medical school but if I didn’t know any better I would say that Viper is indestructible.
It’s still drizzling down from the sky as we run over to the entrance and a doctor comes running. Information about Viper’s condition is exchanged but I’m barely listening. I’m breathless from running and from the adrenaline I experienced this night but my eyes can’t leave Viper. He’s looking up at me like I’m his whole world. His face has paled and there’s a tremble to his mouth but he is so, so strong. The strength in him arouses me so hard, that I have to remind myself this is definitely not the time.
“Stay with me,” he says between his teeth, “you’re not allowed to get out of my sight.”
I promise him I won’t leave but once inside the hospital the turmoil, causes me to slide out of Viper’s grip and he lets out a snarl, trying to sit up and it takes several doctors and nurses to keep him down. He moves around so violently that he almost flips the stretcher.
“Tamsin,” he growls in a loud voice that causes all eyes on me and I blush, shrinking and wanting to melt into the walls. “Angel!”
Biting my nails, I powerlessly watch as they push him farther down the hallway and I force myself to stay put. Viper may want me with him but I’ll only be in the way. The doctors and nurses need to be able to focus if they’re going to save him. When I can’t see him anymore, I take a deep breath, open up a white door and disappear down a staircase into the changing room. I switch from my basic fast fashion clothes into my nurse uniform and my fingers tremble as I’m buttoning up. This whole night feels so incredibly surreal. I think I’ve just met the man I’m supposed to spend the rest of my life with and it’s obvious he’s a criminal.
Shoot. Why couldn’t he have been...I don’t know...a doctor?
Throwing a quick look in the mirror, I brush my hair out until it’s thick and fluffy, and then I pull it up into a knot. My eyes go down my throat, my cleavage, my arms, my legs and I feel a sharp flare of guilt at the unblemished skin. I walked out of that alley I had no place being in completely unharmed. Because Viper saw something in me he thought was worthy of that kind of protection. He didn’t even hesitate and at the memory of his virile body against mine, I hold down a moan as I grow soft. He has done something to me. Maybe there’s a reason why he’s called Viper and maybe his venom has entered me. I bite my lip and brace myself. Walking up the staircase, I step into the glaring lights and locomotion again.
One of my colleagues points out that I’m late. I murmur an excuse before she shoves a mug of coffee in my hand and a patient’s journal. The patient isn’t Viper which means I won’t be assisting in his healing. Putting the mug down, I try to focus on the words in front of me but I keep worrying about Viper. He told me in the ambulance he was in a lot of pain and I fear for him. What if he won’t make it...?
Black spots dance before my eyes and I gasp for air, shooting my hand out to steady myself on a chair. It’s okay, this is a great hospital. He’ll be fine. It takes me a moment to get everything under control and I blow a hair strand out of my face. I’m about to make my rounds when there’s a sound of something smashing and I turn around in surprise.
“What is going on?” I murmur and a nurse coming down the hallway hisses,
“Stay away from there. They just took in some crazy person who’s causing a hell of a ruckus.” Her eyes flare. “He even gave one of the doctors a nosebleed and he won’t stop fighting them...”
“Is it Viper Roz?” I breathe but I already know the answer. I run down the hallway and take to the right. Security is walking in front of me which means someone must have called for them. I get a lump in my throat when another colleague comes running down with tear streaks on her cheeks.
“Tamsin, what are you doing here?” she chokes, grabbing my arm and her nails dig into my skin. “You should hide, don’t let him see you...we can’t keep him under control. He’s freaking insane!”
“What is happening?” I ask and her eyes flare.
“He keeps asking for you, no he’s screaming... acting like a wild animal in a cage. I swear I’ve never seen anything like it. What the heck did you do to him...?”
She shakes her head as if it’s not worth it to wait for an answer and then takes off, murmuring something about getting more help. I hurry down the other end and that’s when I see Viper. He’s lashing out in the surgery room, wrecking the equipment and he has a ferocious expression on his face that even takes me off guard. He’s furious, fighting off the doctors and security that are desperately trying to keep him down while the nurses cower in the corners.
“Tamsin!” I hear him bellow and my heart squeezes at the desperation in his voice. “Tamsin! Where is she? Where the fuck is my woman?” he growls in their faces. He’s so out of control that I start fearing for everyone involved.
“Somebody get Tamsin Teller in here, right now!” one of the doctors roars but I’ve already walked through the door.
“I’m here, I’m here...” I croak and just like that Viper’s thrashing stops. He goes limp in their grip and I bite my lip to not start crying. “Viper, you’re hurting yourself...,” I moan in agony as he watches me with dazed eyes.
He’s exhausted and he should have been under anesthesia by now. When I reach my hand out he grabs it and pulls me to him so fast my sneakers make a screeching sound over the floor. And just like that I’m right by his side. An expression of relief floods him as he kisses the back of my hand, and something so hot and sharp cuts me that I almost faint.
His coat and shirt is off and I startle when I notice the tattoos. They’re eye catching but I forgot to pay attention to them in the chaos. At first I thought they were tribal tattoos but at a closer look I realize it’s runes. They slither like black ivy over his magnificent torso, so artistically well made that I want to trace them with my fingers or preferably my lips.
“He’s calm now. Finally,” the doctor mutters.
“You need to go to sleep now,” I murmur in Viper’s ear and I stroke the hair around his temples. “We need to get those bullets out of you.”
“You’re going to come with me,” he mutters as the anesthesia begins to kick in, “you are mine, ang...”
His lids flutter and he falls asleep, his grip around my hand flopping. I take a deep breath. What was he saying right before? That I was coming with him? Coming where? I blame it on him being delirious. As the surgery is about to begin, I slowly get out of the room. I’ve got work to do but I can’t help but to stop and look through the small window on the door. Even passed out and technically harmless, there’s still so much power running in him. I twitch when I feel a hand on my shoulder and it’s one of the security guards.
“Oh,” I breathe, shooting him a friendly smile. “You startled me.”
He doesn’t smile back. “You should be startled, Tamsin. Any woman in your situation should fear for her damn life.”
Leaning against the wall, I cross my arms over my chest. “What are you talking about?”
