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Oh Jesus He couldn’t even ht be breathing, but how et his Eve back?
"I want to knohat the hell has been done to her," Donovan barked "Get on it I hoever’s in charge down here now, and I don’t give a fuck what has to be done to make him talk"
Donovan walked quietly over to where Eve sat, still as a statue, her eyes focused on some distant point For thatShe’d withdrawn into herself, a shield to reality
He knelt in front of her and then saw the restraints, the fact that she was unable to rabbed his knife, but Garrett was there and gripped Donovan’s hand before he could flash the knife
"Slon, ht freak her out if you brandish a knife as pissed as you are You talk to her I’ll cut her loose froht, Donovan shoved his knife back into the clasp on his belt, and then he reached up to gently touch Eve’s face, hoping for sonition But she didn’t react to his touch Didn’t so much as flinch Her eyes re to seize him and he shook uncontrollably He wanted to weep like a baby, but he had to hold it together for Eve She didn’t need hi Her rock The only solid thing in her current existence
Garrett quickly freed her and they unwrapped the straitjacket until she was finally free Her ar limply at her sides It was as if she were coaze remained fixed on soently "Eve, honey, it’s ot you Travis and Cammie are safe Your stepfather is dead, honey He can’t hurt you anymore You’re free"
She didn’t respond and his dread only increased He wanted to yell at her To shake her until she snapped out of it But he wouldn’t do any of those things because he’d never show her violence of any kind She needed tenderness and gentleness and he’d give that to her and so ive her any reason to ever doubt that again
Joe ca a lab coat It was obvious he was scared shitless and that Joe had put the fear of God in hiot into the man’s face, and she looked damn scary All cheerleader jokes aside, this was not a woman who looked harmless She had death in her eyes and she flashed a wicked-looking blade in the man’s face
"You have two seconds to tellyou up into tiny pieces And it won’t be quick and it won’t be painless I’ll make you bleed and suffer, but you won’t die You’ll only wish you had," Skylar spat
The man went deathly white and it was obvious that whatever threat Joe had issued paled in comparison to the one Skylar just issued
Donovan had to ade just saze as he watched Skylar in action Swanny stood back, a half s his lips as he too watched with interest
"She hasn’t been harmed Physically," he hastily amended "She’s been heavily sedated since her arrival She caot here We were told to keep her in lockdown mode and that she was a suicide threat and that we needed to keep her in restraints because she had violent tendencies and had injured others who cared for her in the past"
"What the fuck did you give her, and how ive you her records," theis docuo and ere instructed by her physician to medicate her four times daily and to keep her in a state of sedation until he reevaluated her when he returned"
"Bullshit," Donovan growled "Just who the hell is this physician who gave you orders? The fucker never planned to return They wanted her kept like this"
"I’ll give you every piece of information we have," the man said "Just don’t hurt my employees! They’re innocent They’re just here to care for our patients"
"And yet you have so few," Skylar snarled "This big-ass private facility and you have, what, four patients? All undoubtedly from wealthy families who pay you a hell of a lot of ht?"
Guilt flashed in his eyes, and Donovan knew Skylar was dead-on with her assessment
"Donovan," Resnick quietly spoke up "Take Eve and get her away fros here This will fall under federal jurisdiction We’ll shut it down and handle it through the proper channels so that this place is shut down and everyone involved will be arrested and held accountable for their actions There’s nothing for you to do here You’ll just muddy the waters I’ll e’s unfortunate death Trust me to do this I’ll make it clean and you, Eve, Travis and KGI will not be re a hell of a lot, and Donovan burned with the need for revenge For blood He wanted to mete out punish this to Eve But Resnick was right Eve was his first and only priority Revenge had no place in his priorities right now
Closing his eyes, he nodded his agreement Then he carefully cradled Eve in his arainst hi
He hurried out of the facility, wishing he could burn it to the ground and take everyone in it down in flames Ethan had slipped out, unnoticed by Donovan, and he aiting in an SUV out front