"I'm going to find out," Jax says determinedly. "Luc…Adeline is gone. She was kidnapped, and I lost track of her. I need you to wake up and help me find her."
Adeline is gone?
She was kidnapped…
Struggling to move, I manage to pry one eyelid open enough to allow a searing light inside, causing me to grunt and close it again.
"Turn off the lights," Jax tells someone. Then he squeezes my hand and says, "Luc, please wake the fuck up." After a deep sigh, he confesses, "I need you. I can't do this without you." And then he adds, "Adeline needs you."
Adeline needs me.
A guttural moan escapes my chapped lips and raw throat as I force my body to obey my brain.Wake the fuck up!I scream internally at myself.
It starts off slow with my fingers twitching and then my toes. And then I'm able to squeeze Jax's hand.
"He's waking up," Jax whispers breathlessly.
Every twitch of muscle, every single movement hurts like a son of a bitch, but I keep trying, keep moving.For her.
The fog that had overtaken my brain slowly starts to clear away, and forgotten memories come rushing back as if I'm watching a movie on the big screen.
Giovanni and his men overtaking the manor…
A man bringing her into the gym…
Adeline breaking free and me holding her so damn tightly in my arms…
And then Giovanni has her…
He's waving a gun towards me…
BANG!
My entire body convulses on the bed as I relive the gunshot to my thigh.
The fear in Adeline's eyes…
I try to tell her I love her…but…
BANG!
I scream in agony as I remember the bullet ripping right through my fucking chest.
I tried to tell Adeline I loved her, but I couldn't. It was too late. It was too fucking late.
And then I'm falling.
I'm falling…into…darkness…with the water surrounding me and my lungs screaming for oxygen…
"Easy, Luc! Easy!" Jax says from beside me, his powerful hands holding me down against the soft mattress.
Gasping for air, my eyes snap open, and I struggle to breathe.
"It's all right. You're safe now," Jax says hurriedly, gripping my arms tight.
"Adeline!" I croak, my voice sounding gruff and hoarse.
"We're going to find her," he tells me assuredly. "I promise you we'll find her."
