“No thinking,” North ordered.
It took her a moment to realize that he’d spoken and that wasn’t a voice in her head.
“I can feel you tensing up. Just relax. You’re not to worry about any of this.”
“North and I will take care of everything,” Jared added.
She wanted to ask what they were going to do. Where the rest of Rex was. Who they thought might have done it.
But right now, she wasn’t sure she was ready for any of those answers. So she simply nodded and settled in to accept some more food.
Once she was full, she shook her head and North turned her so he could clean her face efficiently with a wipe.
“All clean.”
“Would you like to play some games, baby girl?” Jared asked. “Or maybe go watch a movie?”
She shrugged, feeling listless and unsure.
“Well, how about we do some building? North got you some Lego.”
All right then.
48
Jared watched her worriedly.
He had several things he needed to do, but he knew that he couldn’t leave her like this. He couldn’t bear to think of her being upset and right now, she needed him.
She seemed to be moving really slowly and sadly.
Fuck.
He couldn’t believe that Beltran had gotten to Rex. It was the only explanation he could think of.
That fucking bastard was going to pay. He wasn’t sure how he’d managed to grab Rex, but North was trying to figure that out.
The cameras showed that the box was delivered by a FedEx driver. The head was fresh and had been kept in a tight bag, so that’s why it didn’t smell or leak.
Fuck.
He hated that one of his people had been killed. That he had failed once again.
His gaze shot to her. He wouldn’t fail her. Nothing could happen to Angie or North.
North gathered up all the food and then paused by them. “I can stay with her. You need to go to work.”
“No one has to stay with me,” she whispered.
Shit. Jared should have kept this conversation away from her.
“Baby girl.”
“You know I’ve never played with Lego,” North said, putting everything down and sitting next to her.
“Never?” She gaped at him.
“Never. Show me what to do.”
