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Rhett stared at those marks on her cheek “He pressed your cheek to the wall?”

She nodded, another tear sliding down that injured cheek “That’s when I saw the tattoo”

Rhett wiped the tear away, careful not to touch her scrapes, and she drew in a shuddering breath “The same tattoo I showed you?”

“Yeah,” she said with a nod, her dark hair blanketing the pillow “He said I was stupid to ignore that first warning and keep the bar open That the next warning wasn’t in the best interests of my baby”

Rhett’s chest hollowed He placed his hand on her belly, just beneath the strap and monitors there “He threatened our child’s life?”

Her voice broke “Considering he said it with his hand cutting off allhe meant me too”

Rhett shut his eyes and breathed deep, struggling not to explode He called in every ounce of training the military had instilled in him

He let a beat pass

Then Hank said behind hi for soot no doubt he kn

e to get in and out of town quickly”

“He most definitely had a plan,” Boone added “The ht”

Rhett slowly opened his eyes, feeling near breathless at the tightness in his chest They would catch this fucker; Rhett wouldn’t stop until he did Right now, he thought of Kinsley and their child “Are you warain with his thumb

“Yeah”

He exa at “The baby?”

“Strong,” she said