I caught my breath when he prodded my facet along with his fingers, muttering, “The swelling isn’t dangerous, however it bruised like a motherfucker. You have been harm yesterday?”

“Yeah.”

“Take a deep breath.” I winced as I sucked in air, and he requested, “How dangerous is the ache while you do this?”

“Slightly worse, however not as dangerous as I anticipated.”

“That’s signal that it won’t be damaged.”

Kian shifted nearer to me, and Blade shot him a glance. “Loosen up, Phantom. I wasn’t going to imagine she’s okay. I’m going to do an x-ray to ensure.”

“Okay.”

“Except you’re pregnant?” He shot a take a look at Kian. “If I didn’t realize it was scientifically not possible, I’d say there’s one thing within the water over on the Silver Saints compound.”

“Um, no. We simply met yesterday,” I whispered.

“Stop embarrassing my candy woman and get this shit executed,” Kian directed.

Sighing over how he used his cute nickname for me, I adopted Blade over to the x-ray machine. I used to be slightly apprehensive by how comfortable he was with getting the photographs he wanted as a result of it made me surprise how typically one of many Iron Rogues bought critically injured. But it surely was good not having to attend for the outcomes.

I used to be so relieved when he stated, “I’ve excellent news. No fractures, simply deep bruising. You’re gonna want to guard that facet, rotate between ice and warmth for ten to twenty minutes at a time, and take over-the-counter ache meds as wanted. Let Patch know when you don’t see enchancment with the ache or it will get worse.”

“Thanks a lot,” I murmured as I mounted my shirt and let Kian’s leather-based vest settle round my physique.

“Is she wholesome sufficient to deal with being on the again of my bike for 2 hours?” Kian requested.

“Yup, so long as Tessa pays consideration to what her physique tells her, she’s good to go,” Blade confirmed. “If the ribs begin to hassle her, pull off the street for slightly bit to present her a break.”

6

PHANTOM

Earlier than leaving the Iron Rogues compound, I put Tessa on the telephone with Gray and had her reply all of his questions so he may work on holding her cash out of her dad’s palms now that I’d gotten her away from him.

As soon as she was executed, I stowed my telephone in one in every of my saddle baggage and put my helmet on her head. The corners of my mouth curved up as a result of she regarded so rattling cute. I’d need to get her one in every of her personal as quickly as doable.

“The place are we going now?” she requested softly. “And why did you ask Blade if I may deal with a two-hour trip? It feels like enjoyable, however I have to get house and do some cleansing earlier than I make dinner.”

Apparently, I hadn’t been very clear about what was taking place. “You’re not going again to your dad’s home, candy woman. There isn’t a fucking means I’ll ever let him hurt you once more.”

She frowned, and her brow creased together with her confusion. “I’ve nowhere else to go, Kian. Faculty doesn’t begin for—”

“You’re coming with me,” I knowledgeable her. “We are able to work out faculty later. Proper now, I simply want you secure and with me.” If she wished to complete faculty, I had no downside with that, however she’d need to switch to someplace nearer to house as a result of she wasn’t going to stay wherever however with me.

I used to be ready to argue together with her, however she regarded up at me by way of her lengthy auburn lashes, and her plump lips curved right into a small smile. “Okay.”

Happy together with her response, I returned her smile and gave her waist a mild squeeze earlier than lifting her onto my bike. Since she was so tiny, I used to be grateful that I’d added larger foot pegs so I may take a number of the older youngsters on rides. Our bikes have been virtually sacred, so apart from just a few of my brother’s tween spawn, Tessa could be the primary feminine to ever trip on mine. It had at all times bothered me to think about a lady taking over house whereas I used to be using, however I’d cherished each second of the trip to the Iron Rogues doc, apart from the painful state of affairs in my denims.

“I don’t have a lot with me,” Tessa jogged my memory with a apprehensive expression. “My stuff…”

“We’ll get all of your shit later, child. We’ll work out the remaining once we get house.”

As soon as we have been each located, we hit the street. Tessa was a pure. She held me firmly, however the longer we rode, the extra I felt the stress ease out of her. Though, I used to be certain that a few of that was additionally as a result of distance we have been placing between her and her father.

He’d by no means be capable of get to her on the SS compound, which was the one motive I used to be glad to be taking her there. After spending so a few years as a spy, lots of people most popular solitude. However for me, I had sufficient of the loneliness, so once I retired, I moved into the clubhouse.

I’d saved my shit there anyway as a result of I used to be hardly ever house, so why pay for an house? Nonetheless, as we neared house, it was the primary time I needed I had a spot of my very own. Someplace Tessa and I may really be alone. Though, till we knew the extent of her state of affairs—together with whether or not her dad’s bookie would come after her when he didn’t get his cash—she was most secure on the clubhouse.

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