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Ashley looked like a little doll tucked into the hospital bed A pale, still, lifeless little doll
“The doctors say every hour she’s breathing is a reason for hope,” he said with a sigh “It was a bad hit Too close to the heart, and she’s small”
The reflection of his casual shrug was at odds with the heavy sadness in his voice and in his expression It was rare that she saw Rule showing any tender eer, sarcasm and mockery, but it wasn’t often he allowed hi more
“He’s going to get worse” The quietly spoken words had her tensing as her gaze touched on Lawe again
“What do you le she and Laere involved in?
“La you almost broken when he rescued you in Syria,” he said softly “I saw his face when I and the team met him at the hospital you were flown to He knew you were histo take that ie out of his head”
She glanced at his reflection once again, her gaze nized the emotion that swirled in the darker topaz of his eyes
“You don’t like ht
“Actually,” he said, exhaling roughly, “the problem is, I do like you, Diane I liked you even before I knew you were his mate” He nodded toward his brother “What I don’t like is the fact that you’re not willing to keep hi to keep you”
“And that’s how you see it,” she murmured
He nodded firmly “That’s how I see it”
How little his brother knew him, but hell, how little he knew himself actually Lawehe was no longer taking the worst of the worstside by side with the bogeyman of the Breeds, Jonas Wyatt
Her lips quirked at the thought, ashot at, but he was still in danger
“He’s not exactly back hoetables, is he, Rule” A bitter reminder that Lawe hadn’t retreated to Sanctuary to build cabins, work base security, public relations or the political positions that were kept open for those Breedtheon adrenaline But you expect me to tie on an apron and bake bread, don’t you? That’s what you and Lawe both expect from me” Sarcasm dripped from her lips and she knew it At the moment, she excelled at it
His head tilted in acknowledgaze flicked to hers in the glass “Unfortunately, I don’t think it would be edible”