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“From now on, you’re not leaving my side. I need you to be safe more than I need anything else in this world. I can’t lose you, Tori, not ever. You got that? I can’t lose you.”
Squeezing Ridge tighter, I said, “Ridge, I’m perfectly fine. We have to focus on Audrey right now. And on Kyle.” I hiccupped, and a couple of tears leaked down my face. “Oh, and I screwed up. I screwed up so badly.”
He leaned back and watched my face. “Little wolf, what got screwed up? We’ll fix it.”
“I shifted in front of Lola Kipling in her office. I couldn’t control it. I got the call, heard the shots, and then the line went dead and I lost it. I shifted in front of her.”
Ridge let out a heavy breath and wiped the tears from my face. He dragged me back into his warmth, resting his head on top of mine. “Don’t worry about that right now. We’ll take care of that. As long as you’re okay, we can take care of everything later.”
Believing him and letting him take the lead, I slumped in his arms and let him hold and comfort me.
A couple of moments went by, and he let me go. “Stay right here, baby. Don’t move. I’m going to get something to cover you up.”
I crossed my arms over my chest to hold the robe in place—not that Kyle would have noticed if I was still nude, because his focus was entirely on Audrey. I watched as my brother worked on her, and tears burned my eyes again as Ridge ran upstairs to get me clothes.
As I stood alone, my ears still ringing and everything still catching up to me, Ridge’s words finally sank in.
I gasped.
