touch you without causing you pain,” he
confessed, it was his deepest desire that moment.
“I'm so doped up I can’t feel jack right now,
so lay it on me,” she told him with a weak grin.
Fane leaned forward as gently as he could and
placed one arm around her waist. He laid his head on her shoulder,
effectively placing his lips right against the bend in her neck to
her shoulders. He kissed her as gently as he could and felt his
wolf rumble in contentment.
“I missed you,” Jacquelyn told him in a
strained voice.
“I messed up, Jacquelyn. I left you
unprotected, I could have lost you. It is inexcusable. How can you
even want me near you?”
“Fane, this is not your fault. Don’t go all
Alpha on me right now. I need you more than ever,” she told him
without shame at her own dependence on him.
“I’m here, and I’m not going anywhere.”
The door to the room slid open and, true to
his wolf nature, Fane took up a defensive posture in front of his
mate. Okay, so maybe he was going to overreact for a while, but
everyone would just have to deal with it. Lilly walked in with Dr.
Steele at her side.
Lilly let out a shuddered breath and tears
tumbled down her cheeks as she looked at her daughter. She walked
forward as Fane stepped aside to allow her access to Jacque.
"So nice of you to return to the living,"
Lilly teased, even though her voice quivered.
"Yeah, well, you would be lost without me so
I had to come back." Jacque leaned into her mom as Lilly kissed her
gently on the forehead.
"I love you, Jacque."
"I know you do, mom," Jacque responded with
her usual remark to her mother's words; it was an inside joke
between them. Lilly always said that Jacque was too big for her
britches and Jacque continued to prove her right. At the sound of
Dr. Steele's voice, Lilly turned away from Jacque to look at the
doctor.
“Good, she’s awake,” Dr. Steele acknowledged.
"Jennifer has woken as well, about an hour ago."
"How long have we been out?" Jacque asked
apprehensively. Somehow she knew it hadn't been only a few
hours.
"A month, Luna," Fane told her gently as he
brushed some hair from her forehead.
"A month?" Jacque's eyebrows rose with
question in her voice.
"I have had it arranged that she will share a
room with her friend, Jen. Lilly has consented to that. Jacque, is
that okay with you?" Dr. Steele asked her.
“Nothing would make me happier,” she told the
doctor, a weak smile joining her words.
Fane and Lilly stepped out
of the room when transport arrived to move Jacque to the room she
would share with Jen. As she wheeled past, she gave Fane a quick
wink and challenged, “Race you to the room.”
Chapter 8
Dillon was joined by his Beta, Logan in his
office to go over the weekly update on how Jacque was healing. It
had been four weeks since the accident and finally Logan had some
good news to pass on.
"Jacque has awoken from her coma," Logan
informed him.
"Do you know anything else about her
well-being or just that she is awake?" Dillon's voice was gruff
with emotion despite the wreck having been a month ago.
"From what I can gather she is healing
rapidly, nearly as well as a full blooded wolf."
Dillon couldn't help thinking for the
thousandth time how Fane could have left her, or any of them for
that matter, completely vulnerable especially after the challenge
he had taken part in. Then a thought that he kept coming back to
occurred to him again. He spun around, glaring at Logan. “You were
there, why didn’t you help her?”
“I was going to, Alpha, but Fane got there so
quickly and he would have known what I was had I revealed myself. I
realize now Jacque’s safety should have been my first priority, not
my cover,” Logan told him, eyes down, neck exposed in
submission
Dillon appreciated the gesture as he was
hanging on to his wolf by a thread and any defiance on Logan’s part
would surely forfeit his life.
“I was going to stay out of this. I was going
to trust Lilly
confessed, it was his deepest desire that moment.
“I'm so doped up I can’t feel jack right now,
so lay it on me,” she told him with a weak grin.
Fane leaned forward as gently as he could and
placed one arm around her waist. He laid his head on her shoulder,
effectively placing his lips right against the bend in her neck to
her shoulders. He kissed her as gently as he could and felt his
wolf rumble in contentment.
“I missed you,” Jacquelyn told him in a
strained voice.
“I messed up, Jacquelyn. I left you
unprotected, I could have lost you. It is inexcusable. How can you
even want me near you?”
“Fane, this is not your fault. Don’t go all
Alpha on me right now. I need you more than ever,” she told him
without shame at her own dependence on him.
“I’m here, and I’m not going anywhere.”
The door to the room slid open and, true to
his wolf nature, Fane took up a defensive posture in front of his
mate. Okay, so maybe he was going to overreact for a while, but
everyone would just have to deal with it. Lilly walked in with Dr.
Steele at her side.
Lilly let out a shuddered breath and tears
tumbled down her cheeks as she looked at her daughter. She walked
forward as Fane stepped aside to allow her access to Jacque.
"So nice of you to return to the living,"
Lilly teased, even though her voice quivered.
"Yeah, well, you would be lost without me so
I had to come back." Jacque leaned into her mom as Lilly kissed her
gently on the forehead.
"I love you, Jacque."
"I know you do, mom," Jacque responded with
her usual remark to her mother's words; it was an inside joke
between them. Lilly always said that Jacque was too big for her
britches and Jacque continued to prove her right. At the sound of
Dr. Steele's voice, Lilly turned away from Jacque to look at the
doctor.
“Good, she’s awake,” Dr. Steele acknowledged.
"Jennifer has woken as well, about an hour ago."
"How long have we been out?" Jacque asked
apprehensively. Somehow she knew it hadn't been only a few
hours.
"A month, Luna," Fane told her gently as he
brushed some hair from her forehead.
"A month?" Jacque's eyebrows rose with
question in her voice.
"I have had it arranged that she will share a
room with her friend, Jen. Lilly has consented to that. Jacque, is
that okay with you?" Dr. Steele asked her.
“Nothing would make me happier,” she told the
doctor, a weak smile joining her words.
Fane and Lilly stepped out
of the room when transport arrived to move Jacque to the room she
would share with Jen. As she wheeled past, she gave Fane a quick
wink and challenged, “Race you to the room.”
Chapter 8
Dillon was joined by his Beta, Logan in his
office to go over the weekly update on how Jacque was healing. It
had been four weeks since the accident and finally Logan had some
good news to pass on.
"Jacque has awoken from her coma," Logan
informed him.
"Do you know anything else about her
well-being or just that she is awake?" Dillon's voice was gruff
with emotion despite the wreck having been a month ago.
"From what I can gather she is healing
rapidly, nearly as well as a full blooded wolf."
Dillon couldn't help thinking for the
thousandth time how Fane could have left her, or any of them for
that matter, completely vulnerable especially after the challenge
he had taken part in. Then a thought that he kept coming back to
occurred to him again. He spun around, glaring at Logan. “You were
there, why didn’t you help her?”
“I was going to, Alpha, but Fane got there so
quickly and he would have known what I was had I revealed myself. I
realize now Jacque’s safety should have been my first priority, not
my cover,” Logan told him, eyes down, neck exposed in
submission
Dillon appreciated the gesture as he was
hanging on to his wolf by a thread and any defiance on Logan’s part
would surely forfeit his life.
“I was going to stay out of this. I was going
to trust Lilly
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