Chapter 0217
Mason lets out a groan and begins to wake up.
“Keep still, Mace, you’re safe,” Dol says, grabbing his hand
“Josic,” he breathes, attempting to sit up.
“She’s here, just relax, everyone is here,” she soothes.
Mason flops back on the bed with a relieved sigh and 1 scoot off the bed. I need to be closer to him and Josie. Luke notices my movement and comes over to help me with an arm around my shoulders.
“Christ, Theo, what the fuck happened to you?” Dot gasps when she sees me and Mason’s eyes snap open to look at me. Which is good because if he sees Josie right now he’s going to flip out.
“You should see the other guy,” I grin, as I almost fall backwards and Luke holds me upright. “He should be dead by now, most of this is his blood,”
“Who was the other guy?” Mason asks.
“Comelius,” I grin proudly.
“You are fucking amazing, Theo,” Mason breathes.
“I know, but my arms are not,” I grimace as I hold them close to my chest.
“Let me see,” Dot says as she moves arourid Mason’s bed towards me.
Luke supports one of my arms, holding it out for her and she hovers her hand above it. I feel the warmth of her healing as Mason begins cursing and trying to get out of bed. He’s seen Josie. Deacon supports him towards her.
“She’s
‘s okay, whatever happened to you happened to her too. She hasn’t woken up yet. They’re going to check the baby in a moment, they’re going to be okay,” Deacon says.
Mason brushes a a hand over Josie’s forehead and his other hand moves to her stomach.
“Please be okay,” I hear him whisper and I almost shed a tear at the vulnerability in his voice.
I know for a certainty that both realms will burn to ashes if any harm has come to Josie or his child and I will be right there beside him, lighting the matches for him. I look at the rest of my bond group and I’m pretty sure they are thinking the same thing.
“Target is confirmed dead. Where are you all? We need all of you here to help with clean up,” Raff says through the comms.
“With all due respect, fuck your clean up,” Deacon says and pulls the device from his ear, tossing it across the
TOOM
Raff begins shouting in my ear and I watch as everyone removes the earbuds. Luke helps remove mine and I thank him. Dot finishes up the healing on one arm and I flex it, testing it works.
need to take a break before I do the next one,” she sighs
“Thank you, I feel so much better already,” I smile.
Shut up,” Josie mumbles and it’s the best sound I’ve heard since we got here.
Mason quickly pulls the earbud from her ear and I cringe at the thought of her having to wake up to Raff’s ranting
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Chapter 0217
“How do you feel?” Axel asks.
Tired. What happened?” she groans.
We all begin to talk at once and she holds up a shaky hand.
“Cliff notes, my head hurts,” she says with a wince.
“You and Mason collapsed, Cornelius almost escaped and then Theo killed him and broke his arms,” Deacon says.
“Well done, Theo,” she smiles sleepily.
A nurse wheels in the ultrasound machine and Art follows her in: He glances around us all and smiles.
“I’m glad to see everyone has regained consciousness, let’s check out this baby,” he says.
Josie’s eyes go wide with worry and her hand moves to her bump.
“Don’t panic. Physically you are fine, there was nothing for us to heal so I’m quite positive the baby should be okay. I’d rather we just double–check though, for everyone’s peace of mind,” Art explains.
The room falls into a tense silence as Art sets up the equipment and then moves the wand over Josie’s stomach. He frowns as he looks at the screen and he moves in to take a closer look.
“I think it’s sleeping, it’s quite still but the heart is beating well. It is strong and I can’t see anything concerning,” he finally says and there’s a collective sigh of relief.
Cornelius is dead and we are all here, a little worse for wear but we will recover.
