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“Styx,” I whispered as our foreheads touched A sigh of relief slipped froer ran softly downto him At this precious moment in time, I did not care what he had done to those men, even if he had killed thehts strayed across my mind Because if Styx was damned to hell, so was I I would follow him into the fire

Styx’s swollen lips parted He was trying to speak Suddenly, his eyes widened as if he had just realized there was crowd of brothers right behind me Styx’s hazel eyes blinked and twitched furiously, and his Adam’s apple bounced up and down He sed rapidly, desperately trying to loosen his throat and I saw his jaw stiffen, tensionin his lost expression

Styx was lost… confused… he was hurting

He was trying so very hard to speak, his eyes furiously twitching But he could not, and I could see it was breaking him up inside

“Shh,” I whispered for his ears only “Do not try to speak I have you… I have you” His cheek turned inco down

Abruptly, the gate lurched into action and, Ky, as stood behind us, signaled for Tank The two of them lifted Styx and carried hi to hirasped his outstretched hand And at that o

“Get him to his apartment!” Ky ordered We raced to the clubhouse and Styx’s pained eyes strayed not once from my eyes

I will be strong for my man I will be the perfect old lady

As we hurried past the bar, Rider jumped off the barstool and seemed to stand to attention Ky jerked his chin at him “You’re up, Doc”

I stiffened a little, unsure how Rider would react, but he nodded his agree

Rider was going to help Styx and I could not have been more thankful

When we entered the apartht Tank and Ky carefully laid Styx down and running to the washroorabbed the closest towel then raced back toward the bed

“Tank Out,” Ky ordered Without hesitation, Tank left the roolanced up at Ky and he motioned for me to clean Styx He knew Styx could not talk with Tank present

Lifting my knees onto the black sheets, I hovered over Styx, his eyes squeezing shut, stoically fighting the pain

Brushing a fallen piece of hair from Styx’s face, I leaned down “Styx, speak to me Are you okay?”

“B-babe… M-Mae…”

“Are you hurt?” I waved at Ky to help me remove Styx’s leather jacket

“S-safe,” he whispered

“What, Styx?” I asked Ky rolled down one side of Styx’s jacket as I rolled down the other

“Y-you’re s-safe… n-now…” he said and the lines of worryhis face disappeared

I stilled at his words and my stomach dropped

He had killed them all