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I choke on a sob. Relieved, worried, thankful, scared, are just a few of the emotions running through my head.
“What is that?” West asks, stepping over Aziel. “Is this… is this a woman’s purse?” He lifts up the destroyed bag, and I can’t help when a hint of jealousy hits me in the chest. Why would he have a woman’s purse?
He unzips it, his eyes going wide as he pulls on something. I realize it’s hair, when a head pops out of the bag.
And Santiago stares at me.
I scream, falling back and almost tripping off the porch when Jex saves me. I don’t even spare him a thank you, my eyes on the man who tormented me for years as Aziel’s voice pops in my head.
I’ll kill him, Ivy. And I’ll bring you his head.
Aziel’s words come back to me like a slap in the face. My hand goes to my mouth as a sob breaks free.
“He promised.” I cry.
“He promised what, darlin’?” Lynx asks me.
“He promised me he’d bring me Santiago’s head.” I look around at the six men standing around me, and my own man unconscious in an unknown condition. “He kept his promise.”
* * *
The constantbeep,beepis all I can focus on as I sit in the sterile, white room and watch the man who hasn’t moved an inch in one week.
Not that it’s been up to him.
They put him in a medically induced coma to allow him to heel from his extensive injuries.
Broken ankle in two places.
E-coli.
Severe dehydration.
Three broken ribs.
Collapsed lung.
Pneumonia.
The list goes on and on. He had to have surgery to repair his ankle and his lung. He’s wrapped up so tightly that he looks like a mummy.
Seven days.
It’s been five days, and just an hour ago the nurse came in to stop his medication keeping him in a coma.
Now it’s a waiting game.
When asked how long, they couldn’t tell me. Maybe minutes, hours, days, could even be weeks.
So here I sit, and I wait.
The guys flood in and out of the hospital room in a constant stream, one after the next. Lynx and West are in here the most. Haley and Violet have even come by. Then I feel guilty for leaving Lilah with them, and I get up to leave.
They push me back down, saying Lilah is having fun having sleepovers with her friends every night.
So, I sit back down, and I wait.
* * *
