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Max didn’t meet my gaze as I passed. But the doc took one look at her and frowned.
“Be careful when you touch her,” I warned and eased her down until her head hit the pillow.
She clutched her stomach and rolled as I straightened and stepped away, leaving the doc to do his thing. I was too tuned to her, too on fucking edge listening to the doc as he asked her questions and touched her skin.
“Fin.” Max held my stare as I turned. “What the fuck happened?”
I kicked off my boots and peeled my wet socks free. “Alexi, that’s what happened.”
The elevator doors opened and out strode the Commander. He looked fucking pissed.
“Finley,” he muttered, casting a glance toward the bedroom where the doc's voice murmured. “Is she going to be okay?”
“Mateo.” I acknowledged him, and swallowed a shudder of rage. “Yeah.”
“It went too far.”
“No fucking shit,” I muttered, taking a step toward the Albanian. They all whispered behind his back, said he’d suffered…said he was fucking scared. “You know what happens here. But you still fucking encourage the games.”
“It’s different this time…the attacks.”
“The fucking attacks?” I couldn’t believe the fucking asshole.
With a sigh, he gave a slow nod. “You’re right.” He stilled, closing down before my eyes, becoming the cold-hearted sonofabitch the Commission required once more as footsteps came from behind me.
“She’s going to be fine,” the doc reported. “I gave her a shot to counter the nasty side effects. She’s going to be sleeping for a while, but she’ll be okay.”
“Will she need to be monitored?” Mateo asked.
The doc just shook his head. “No need. She’s going to be out of it for the next eight to twelve hours, and probably have a nasty headache when she wakes up. But other than that, she’ll be fine.”
The Commander gave a deep exhale. “And the others?”
“The young woman isn’t so lucky, unfortunately. I’ll be keeping her in for monitoring.”
Mateo gave a low groan before he turned away. “Thanks, Hugh.”
One curt nod and the doctor left, with Max as an escort.
But I could feel the rage building and brewing.
I turned away and headed for the bedroom.
“Finley…” there was a warning in the Commander’s tone.
But I was past giving a fucking shit. “Stay out of this, Mateo. He has it fucking coming.”
34
Finley
She slept, and I watched her, pacing the damn floor like an idiot as the afternoon wore on and slowly the shadows took hold once more. I changed from the wet clothes into a t-shirt and cut-off sweats. Every damn moan had me striding to her side, checking her forehead with trembling fingers. But still, it wasn’t enough. When her eyelids fluttered, I sat beside her.
“Anna?” I whispered. “I’m here.”
She seemed to ease at the sound of my voice, and slowly, steady breaths took her deeper into the darkness and farther away from me. I brushed her forehead with the cool washcloth, watching as she turned toward me in her sleep. Even slumber wasn’t strong enough to keep us apart.
You won’t find him…
