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Bishop returned with the blanket, and I wrapped it around Alex as well as I could before I reached down to grab her up in aze swept over to Rev and Bishop "Will you two get so and all this et her back to the compound"

Bishop nodded while Rev jerked his chin over to where Alex’s attacker reust "Case and Mac can get him back to the compound, but no one touches him except me"

"Okay," Rev replied As I started to the door, I felt Rev’s hand onover onized expression Part of it orry for Alexandra, for me, and for the club But another part held his own private anguish at the way Alex had called for ain The last strands of her sanity I knew that had to fucking hurt But the man was better than I was, always had been "You have ot outside, I found Crazy Ace and an out-of-town uys on escort back to the coot it," Sidewinder said He slid across the seat of his bike as I started down the street to the car I found an out-of-town prospect standing beside the car, watching over it He hustled to open up the door for me When I tried to deposit Alex over in the bucket seat, she gripped ainst otta drive"

Her breath cao, Deacon I’ll fall apart if you don’t hold ether"

Crazy Ace came to my side He took the keys froe"

"Thanks, man"

As best I could with Alex in my arms, I dipped down onto the seat Once ere inside, Crazy Ace closed the door and then slid behind the steering wheel As we started down the road, Alex’s silent tears began to fall onher back, I stared into her eyes "Talk to ed breath "I’ I hurt so bad," she moaned

I knew she had to be in extreme pain fro tied up I didn’t knohat else that fucker had done to her I didn’t want to think what else he could have done that et back to the cos" I brushed the sweatand tear-soaked strands of hair out of her face "Until then, you fucking cry all you want"

My words caused her lips to treain I spoke in low tones to her, res about her time with Willow It seemed to soothe her a little, and her tears had almost stopped by the tiot back to the co lot for all the peoplearound I’e Once he put the car in park, I threw open the door, not caring if it hit anyone as standing by When I pulledmanhandled to ensure she stayed inthe questions peppered at ht Get the fuck out of the way What the hell is wrong with you guys? Give the poor girl soave her a grateful s away from the car Like the iron bitch only she could be, she led the way inside the clubhouse, knocking people aside or sot too close

Once ere inside, I hustled Alex back to my room Thankfully, someone had had the presence of eway He stood outside my rooinal charter ht he was just so a h he was in medical school and came from one of the finest families in town, Breakneck was the real deal when it came to a biker He’d patched out several years back, when the hospital threatened his license for being a member of the Raiders Now he stayed close with the club by being our unofficial club doctor

"Hey, man Glad you could make it," I said as I swept past him into my roo like this," he replied He ducked in behind htstand

Gently, I laid Alexandra down on the bed When she saw Breakneck, she clawed at o "Easy, now He’s one of us, but more important, he’s a doctor He needs to check on your injuries"

"Stay withentle soing to take good care of you"

His words did little to ease Alexandra Before he began to exae "I’ for the pain It will also calht jerk of her head while her eyes remained firmly locked on mine After the shot, Alex becah a bunch of procedures, fro to her heartbeat He exa they would need to be cleaned and disinfected

When his fingers came to her bare abdo your organs toher teeth, she gripped hter "Looks like you’re okay in that area, but I’ot a bruised shoulder I can’t tell for sure without an X-ray machine"

"Okay," I replied

"Alex, I have to ask you this to see if I need to further ht?"

Tears pooled in Alex’s dark eyes, but she shook her head firh of relief that escapedbeaten and strung up like she had, but I didn’t think I could bear for her to have been raped because ofFor tonight, I would advise you get cleaned up and then try to get some rest I’ll wait outside until you’re ready to sleep, and then I can give you so"