Then there were the threats we thought had disappeared.
I’d find who did this to her.
And thenI’ddeal with them.
Permanently.
28.Tierney
The beeping sound was annoying.
I kept waiting for it to go away, but it seemed to grow louder and more insistent. I groaned, fighting against the urge to open my eyes.
But I couldn’t.
Even though my eyelids felt so heavy, it was almost like they’d been glued shut.
Finally, I got them open and immediately slammed them closed against the brightness.
“Silver?” a deep, male voice rumbled pleasantly in my ear. “Silver, I’m here.”
Ramsay.
I tried again, pushing my eyes open and blinking rapidly against the lights that stung. Eventually my vision unblurred, and I stared into Ramsay McRae’s rugged face.
Those wolf eyes were alight with concern.
“You feeling all right, Silver? Just give yourself a second. I’ll go get the nurse.” He stood up.
“Nurse?” Confusion had me turning my head on the pillow. My body felt heavy, my brain sluggish. Where was I? “Ramsay …” But he was already half in and out of the door and calling for a nurse.
A nurse.
The beeping.
I turned my head, my hair crinkling overly loud in my ears as I saw the machines next to the bed.
The bed.
I was in a hospital?
And like a rush of memories, it all came flooding back.
The masked figure.
The burning pain in my stomach.
The blood.
The fear.
Ramsay holding pressure on my wound.
Keeping me calm.
Then there was nothing.
“Am I okay?” I asked fearfully. “Ramsay …”
