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Beck opened her door “Get in”

Raine slid into the soft seat in silence and watched Beck back out “I’ you trouble I shouldn’t have come and bothered you here”

“Yeah, you should have You know they’re probably worried out of their minds”

Maybe, and the possibility uilty “That’s why I wanted you to tell theht, just in case”

“Well, I’et you settled Then I’ll figure out what to say to those two clowns”

As they rounded the back of the hospital and approached the circular drive at the front, a faer pick-up zone Ha full throttle into the building Raine’s heart caught in her throat Guilt gnawed at her composure

“I’ll be daether,” Beck observed, sounding oddly happy “Want to talk to them?”

Yes Desperately But what good would it do? “No”

“Wait, did one of them hurt you?” he scowled, his expression like a thunder cloud

Beck meant Liam, since he knew Hammer too well to believe that Macen would ever intentionally sly gentle Neither would ever bodily harm her

Just break her heart

“No” She tried not to cry again

Why wouldn’t this fucking useless sorrow go away?

“God, that face is killing me, princess” He pulled away from the hospital “Is that all you have, a purse and a bottle?”

“No I have a suitcase, too” She told him about the motel

He pressed tight lips together and drove doard the place As soon as he pulled up front, Beck held out his hand “Claim ticket?”

Raine hesitated “You’re not dragging me back to Shadows?”

“Nope But you’re not staying here I’ve got someplace better and safer And no, I won’t tell Liam or Hammer until you want me to”

She gnawed on her lip Beck ht have messed with herinto her purse and handed the little scrap of paper over He hopped out, then e in hand

After tossing it in his trunk, he eased back into the driver’s seat “You know if they ever catch up to you, they’re going to spank you bright red I’ll watch And volunteer to help”