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She began shaking her head as tears filled her eyes and I knew she had to be as mentally and emotionally exhausted as she was physically

“Lucy,” I said and I waited until she looked up at me “He’s safe You’re both safe,” I murmured

She let out an ugly, choked laugh/sob combination “He’ll never be safe”

I didn’tto Ethan and not herself with the stateh me I wasn’t equipped to deal with this shit Ronan would have knohat to do Hell, any one ofwith the eirl

“I can tell you two have been taking care of each other for a long ti to be worried about you…if he knows you got some rest…”

Lucy’s warm brown eyes slid closed for a moment before she stumbled to her feet I was half tempted to reach out to steady her, but my body recoiled at the prospect and I took a step back instead Logically, I knew she was no threat to o when it came to other people

“He’ll want to knohere I am when he wakes up,” she said shakily

I nodded “I’ll coht away”

“I’ll be right next door,” she said, her voice actually sounding a little fierce My respect for her went up another notch at the unspoken ain if I even looked at the

Once Lucy had left the rooed the stained underwear from beneath the pillow and placed it on the pile of clothes I’d rerabbed the hand towel and gave it a good wringing out before I gently rolled Ethan onto his side so I could clean the blood fros I ot hi his clothes off the floor along with the dirty towel and water and taking them to the kitchen I’d found the laundry rooone in search of the fuse box so I quickly tossed Ethan’s clothes into the washing rabbed a glass of water and shrugged off the light jacket I’d been wearing I had a change of clothes inthe cabin for the length of tirabbed one of the kitchen chairs

Once I was back in the roohtstand and settled the chair next to the bed I studied the ht about what to do next

I guessed him to be older than my own 25 years but maybe not by ten years or more as I’d initially suspected He wasn’t quite as tall as my own six feet and looked skinnier than he probably should be With the bruises on his face, I couldn’t make out much more than a firm, chiseled jawline and pale, full pink lips

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