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"I have a pulse It’s weak, barely there, but goddaoddaret

Rio wiped at the tears running down his cheeks

Just hold on, honey Please For ive up

Hurts

The simple word tore his heart to shreds Tears burned his eyes and scoured trails of acid down his cheeks

Garrett and Nathan duet the IV set up Donovan wasted no tiular vein, taped it and instructed Garrett to hold the bag up

He took another setup froed the needle in He withdrew the needle, held the catheter in place, quickly taped it and tossed the other bag up to Nathan

"There’s a hell of a fight going on, so we have to be quick about this," Donovan said in terse tones

Hancock rose, picked up his rifle and leveled a stare at Donovan "My men and I have this Farnsworth’s security is a joke We’ll cover your exit"

Donovan lifted Grace while Nathan and Garrett held the IV bags high over her Rio sla hi to do, you son of a bitch"

Hancock sain, Rio Count on it"

Rio shoved him away and then strode down the hallway, rifle up as he ducked around Garrett to take the lead Nothing and no one would touch Grace without going through hi to the helipad, they ducked and ran, sliding Grace onto the floor of the chopper before cli in with her

"Sam said he and the others will cover our exit and take care of things here He said to take care of Grace and they’ll catch up with us," Garrett shouted

Nathan climbed into the cockpit and in moments the helicopter rose and fle and fast over the water toward the mainland

Donovan hovered over Grace, but it was Rio who held her in his fir to o Do it for me I need you, Grace I need you

"I hope to fuck soet hard to explain"

"I can get by," Diego said "Languages are e all by itself"

"Fuckin’ A," Garrett agreed Then he turned to glare at his brother "And don’t you say a goddaiveon with o"

"I’ the bitch as hard as sheˀs hard a’ll fly," Nathan hollered

Twenty long ht in the athered Grace in his arms while Donovan held pressure on the wound and Garrett and Diego held the bags as they ran for the entrance

With the combination of as obviously a seriously injured woo’s fractured Greek, they were quickly shown into a sency roo Grace’s life to a bunch of incompetent quacks

Theover, but Rio was reluctant to step back At one point one of the nurses shoved hiet out of my way"

One of the doctors let out a streao "What the fuck is he saying?"

"He says they need to take her to surgery right away He doubts she’ll survive He wants you to know the chances are little but that he’ll do what he can to save her"

"Fuck that," Rio snarled "You tell hioddaave Rio a wry look and then turned to speak to the doctor The e must have been adequately conveyed because the doctor paled and then began barking orders to his staff

Moments later, Grace heeled past Rio and Donovan and the others Rio stood there, feeling like the life had gone right out of hiht be his last glimpse of her Broken, bloody, pale as death

Donovan clapped a hand on his shoulder "Co room and scare the shit out of anyone there so we’ll have some privacy We need to check in with Sam so he knohere to find us and make sure we don’t have any casualties"

Rio nodded numbly and allowed himself to be pulled away Nathan fell into step beside hi for her too, et through this"

"She has to," Rio said, darkness seeping into his soul "I’m lost without her"

CHAPTER 39

RIO stood broodingly in the corner of the waiting roo out thethat overlooked the sea in the distance It should be dark and raining, the sky filled with thunderclouds, but it was an absolutely beautiful Mediterranean day Flawless, bright blue sky, the water dazzling like dia in the sun