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“Yeah, so was I. How am I here?”
He looked at the edge of the bed. “May I sit?”
She nodded.
He settled next to her and said, “Do not assign me evil intentions. No one was to be hurt. If you had not been there, the explosion would have extracted the mineral I needed, and no one would have been hurt.”
She blinked. “Hindsight is twenty-twenty. I went where I was sent.” She narrowed her eyes. “How old are you? Twelve?”
He grinned. “Twenty-four.”
She folded her book and set it aside. “You aren’t old enough to read that.”
Her hands were shaking as she pulled them back onto her lap. “Why am I here?”
“Your aneurysm burst, and you died.”
“So, this is hell?” She raised her brows.
He sighed, reached out, and took her hand. He stroked her palm with his thumb, and memories she wished she didn’t have surged into her mind. He liked to use his mouth on her. His hands rarely came into play. His thigh did, but his hands supported her or him.
She blinked and rubbed her head with her free hand.
“Headache?”
“Yeah, but I think I am just hungry or thirsty or dead. Why am I not dead?”
Jeron frowned. “I got you back, and once you had died, the blocks that were in you were nullified, and healers were able to work on you. You are still a tricky fix, but you are whole and now have to do some rehab to get your body in touch with your brain again.”
“Can you call Dmitri and let him know I am up and running?”
He blinked. If she had to guess his expression, it was jealousy. “Why Dmitri?”
“Because if my sister sees you, she’s going to slice you into tiny pieces.”
He smiled again. “You care about my outcome?”
“Don’t get full of yourself, junior.” She huffed. “She would feel remorse after the initial murder, and she doesn’t need another government after her.”
“So, you know I know Dmitri?”
“He’s shifty, so yes. It was a safe guess.” She shrugged. “If not, I could give you his code.”
He wrinkled his nose. “Yes, I have met with Dmitri before, and he has shared your survival with his fiancé.”
“Aw, I missed the proposal? Damn it.” She asked, “Did she say yes?”
“She did.”
Xeva leaned back. “Yay. That’s good. They are so cute together.”
He was still massaging her palm with his thumb. “How are you feeling?”
“Wobbly. It is like I send an order to my body, and it goes huh? before responding.”
He nodded. “Leaf said you had some water.”
“Two sips.”
