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Nikki was silent as she applied a skin adhesive over the leg rather than the antiquated stitches used for smaller injuries Anya’s wrist was placed in a hard plasti-cast and secured in place before the doctor cleaned the abrasion at the side of her head and carefully applied a film of adhesive there as well

“I can’t believe he allowed this to happen” Nikki’s voice was rough with unshed tears “I need to get the lupina in here She has to see this There’s no way the Breed tribunal won’t grant you coainst those monsters, Anya”

Anya lifted her head in shock “It wasn’t their fault, Nikki,” she whispered “They think I betrayed them”

“Fuck therip to Anya’s shoulders as Nikki shook her fiercely, a tear slipping free and running down her dusky cheek “Look at you, Anya It doesn’t matter why Jax laid his hands on a woman A human woman, weaker than himself, unable to defend herself, and he let her be harmed That is not Breed honor, that is a monster”

Anya shook her head “It was an accident”

“It was fucking abuse,” Nikki yelled in her face as Sharone, Emma and Ashley paced the rooiveness”

Ashley snarled as she jerked the doctor back, her enraged face nose to nose with Nikki’s “Your hands hurt her Keep the her”

Nikki stared back at the younger girl, and Anya saw the torment in her face

“Ashley, I’m okay, it didn’t hurt,” Anya whispered “Come here, little sister”

Ashley was breaking apart on her The feral anie and pain filling her Anya hadn’t been the only one betrayed These young wohter, had been betrayed as well

The others hurt, but Ashley, who had so depended on Anya’s laughter, her support and affection, had suffered the most

The younger girl tore herself fro to Anya, she paced again As though her slight body contained too y, too much power for her to contain

“Ashley’s right,” Nikki adhly “I shouldn’t have touched you It was no better than what that fucking Coyote did”

Nikki was cursing It was supposed to be a bad thing when Nikki cursed

“Doctors Chernov and Sobolova will be at the spa in Advert late tomorrow afternoon” Anya sed back her tears “Del-Rey is going to be watching for us We have to get Alpha Gunnar and the lupina there for this ers of one hand through her damp, mussed hair “Jax messed my plans up”