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That hen he walked right to the bulletproof vest’s plate that he’d extracted from the ruined plate holder and turned it to show Pace

Pace stiffened

“At first, eren’t sure what the hell was going on,” he said “There was blood all over her, but no actual wounds That e realized that she’d picked up your blood-filled uniforht them to her They were soaked with your blood”

They had been

I had no idea why I’d done that

“I think that hy Jackson stopped shooting at her, to be honest,” Dad said “He saw the blood and figured he’d gotten her The only real place that she’d been hit was by tile fragments that sprayed up off the floor and peppered her hands That’s the only reason she was hurt at all”

When I looked fro off

Pace’s face looked terrible Sick to his stomach

My father’s didn’t look much better

“Honey, why don’t you go get the nurse and tell hiested

I opened rateful look in Pace’s eyes

Placing a kiss on his cheek, I got out of bed and hurried to the nurses’ station

I found the

“Umm,” I interrupted them “My fiancé is awake”

Pace

“She’s okay?” I rasped

“Yes,” Trance answered “We’ve watched out for her She’s lost a bit of weight over this last week, but ulti just fine”

I sed hard

“I almost lost her,” I breathed

“You protected her with your life,” he said “I saw you crawling across a hospital floor Arive irl to that would be a better choice than you”

I’d already talked to hiiven me permission, but it was still nice to know he felt that way after everything that had happened

“I almost fucked up,” I breathed

“Almost doesn’t count,” Trance said “Now, ask her toto these nurses so she can stay with you, and I’ on her”

Grinning wickedly, I gave him a thumb up

“Will do”

And that was exactly what I did five ueI’ry…and maybe a little bit of a bitch