I knew what he was talking about. Of all the people in my life, he was probably one of the few who suspected the profession I’d chosen to pursue wasn’t a choice I’d made with my heart, but rather with my head.
“Fuck, Nathan,” Brody whispered as he suddenly stood up and wrapped his free arm around me. He bent over me and pressed a kiss to my head. “I hate what this is doing to you.”
“Sorry,” I said softly, even as I wrapped my arms around hiswaist and pressed my head against his stomach. “You can feel it, can’t you?” I asked, since I couldn’t fathom that he’d picked up on my distress just from my words alone. He had to be picking up on my emotions through the bond that came with being twins.
“Yeah, I can. And I promise, we’ll figure it out. Okay?”
“Nathan?”
Vincent’s worried voice had me pulling away from Brody and climbing to my feet. He was walking towards us, his concern clear as day.
“I’ll give you two a second,” Brody said as he took a few steps away from us.
“You okay?” Vincent asked when he reached me.
I nodded. “Yeah, just…memories, you know?” I murmured.
“Yeah,” he replied before he pulled me into his arms for a quick hug. “Ronan called.”
I pulled back. “Is it Reese? Is he okay?”
“He’s awake. He’s lost feeling from the waist down, but his doctors are hopeful that the paralysis they’re seeing is temporary.”
I managed a nod, even though I felt sick to my stomach.
“Listen, Ronan was also calling me to tell me his guys caught the shooter.”
“What?” I asked, not sure I’d heard him right. They’d gotten the guy who’d attacked me? It was over?
“One of the shots Reese fired at the guy hit him, and he eventually passed out from the blood loss and crashed his car into a ditch just outside Dare. Ronan’s guys found him before anyone else could, and they’ve moved him to a secure location. I’m flying out there to question him myself. I want to find out if he was a lone wolf or if he was working for someone. I need you to stay here, okay?”
“Okay,” I said as my head spun with all the information he was throwing at me.
“Don’t leave the property, do you understand me?”
“I won’t, I promise.”
Vincent brushed his mouth over mine. “I’ll call you when I land.”
I nodded and kissed him again. “Be careful.”
“I will.” One more kiss, and then he was gone.
I sank back down on the chair I’d been sitting in. I wasn’t surprised when I felt Brody’s hand on my shoulder. I reached up to grab it, grateful he was there.
It was a lot more than I deserved.
But I’d definitely take it.
Chapter 28
Vincent
It wasearly afternoon by the time I arrived in Missoula. As eager as I was to question the man who’d tried to kill Nathan and who’d hurt Brody and Reese, I needed to check on Everett first. I hadn’t been completely honest when I’d given Nathan an update on Reese’s condition. I’d heard the despair in Everett’s voice, and while I knew he had some support in the form of Agent Nash and Ronan, I knew it wasn’t enough.
The hospital was quiet and the man who’d picked me up from the airport – another of Ronan’s men – led me past the information desk and straight to the third floor. I’d expected him to take me to Reese’s room, but instead, he showed me to what looked like a small conference room. Nash was standing stiffly outside the door.
Ronan’s man bid me farewell, leaving me and Nash alone.
