Total pages in book: 266
Estimated words: 250787 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1254(@200wpm)___ 1003(@250wpm)___ 836(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 250787 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1254(@200wpm)___ 1003(@250wpm)___ 836(@300wpm)
“It was a very small dose of sedative. It’s not going to knock her out completely. Just makes her lethargic.”
“Hai-dyn.” I try to say my husband’s name but even I can’t understand it. How can they do this to me? If he’s dying, I want to be in his arms. I want him to hold me. I want them to kill me. I can’t live without him.
The past week has been hell. I refuse to go on without him.
EIGHTY-TWO
CHARLOTTE
I’m being carried into Carnage and taken straight to Haidyn’s room. Kashton is laying me in his bed when the door bursts open, and Ashtyn enters. “What the fuck is wrong with her? Where’s Haidyn? Where is Saint?” She starts asking questions.
“Haidyn is being taken to the hospital wing. Saint is with him. And I gave her a sedative,” Adam answers.
My head falls to the side, and I blink, seeing Ashtyn come to sit next to me. “Why? What happened?” She grabs my hand and holds it.
“Haidyn was dying, and she was distraught. It was a very tight space, and I had to do something to give Devin and Gavin room to work.”
“So you drugged her?” she snaps.
He rushes over to his bag that he keeps on the floor by the table he has taken over as his desk and unzips it. He starts pulling things out, one of them being a needle.
“What the fuck are you doing?” Ashtyn snaps. “Leave her with me. She’ll be fine.”
“I’m going to start an IV. The meds will pull her out of her current state, and she’ll be back to herself.”
“Who the fuck are you, Adam?” she demands, and he doesn’t answer. “Where did you learn to start IVs?”
He comes over and pushes the needle into my arm and then tapes it off before he places the IV bag up. “Come here and hold this,” he barks at her.
She lets go of my hand and jumps to her feet. Then he and Kashton start to walk toward Haidyn’s bedroom door.
“Where are you going?” she demands.
“Tyson’s guys should be here any moment. We’ve got to help with her mother and Hudson since the others are in the hospital with Haidyn. Don’t leave this room until you hear from us.” With that, they leave, slamming the door shut.
HAIDYN
I sit up in the hospital bed, my head foggy and body extremely weak. It’s taking everything I have to hold my head up. Slowly, I pull a shirt over my head and shove my arms into the sleeves, forcing a groan out of my lips.
“You need to rest,” Gavin tells me.
“A few days should be enough,” Devin adds.
“He’ll take as much time as he needs,” Saint informs them, and I roll my eyes.
“I’m fine.” I don’t feel bad, just tired.
I’ve been awake for maybe thirty minutes and already want to go back to bed. I begin to put on the sweatpants that Saint brought me, and Devin steps over like he’s going to help me, but I shoo him away. I’m fucking capable of dressing myself. It might take me a minute, but I’ll get it done.
The moment I woke up, Gavin and Devin had me chugging fluids and electrolytes like it was vodka and I’m an alcoholic.
The door opens, and I look up to see three men enter the room. The first thing I asked when I came to was where was Charlotte. I was informed that she was with Ashtyn and was on her way to my room. The second thing I asked for was to see Sin, Tyson, and Ryat. I was surprised to find out they were already here at Carnage.
“You look like shit, man.” Sin is the first one to speak.
Tyson nods and agrees. “I have seen you look better.”
Ryat remains quiet. All three come to stand by the side of my bed while Gavin and Devin stand on the other. Kashton sits in the window, looking out at the courtyard. He hasn’t spoken to me since I came to. Saint leans against the far wall, glaring at Adam standing beside him. Everyone seems to be on edge, and no one has filled me in on how they saved me yet. I have plenty of time to hear that story, but this is important.
“What do you need?” Ryat finally speaks.
They think I’ve asked them to come here to help me out with something. If only that were the case. “I…” Pausing, I’m not sure where to start. What I have to tell them will change their lives.
“Haidyn has been given some new information.” Saint fills my silence. “And it involves your wives.” I’ve just finished explaining it to my brothers since it involves Ashtyn.
“What the fuck is it?” Ryat is the first one to ask to step forward.
I wouldn’t have led with that but okay. “I was given something…” I gesture to my right arm. “Some kind of drug that helps you live longer.”