Chapter 197 – Disposable
I blinked, staring at him.
He was still.
“Zane?” I whispered.
The Hounds glanced up.
He didn’t move.
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I pressed my car to his chest again, my head spinning.
There it was.
A pulse. Quiet, almost deafeningly slow.
But it was there. Undeniably.
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“Zane,” I cried, sitting up straight. I glanced at the Hounds.
I didn’t have to say a word for them to rush up to us.
I backed away from him, and Aaron, Ajax and Warner turned back, immediately picking Zane up into his arms.
Sheila turned back too, stepping towards me, but stopped
herself.
She stared at me, hesitant.
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A sob left my lips, and I opened my arms, inviting. Desperate to be comforted. To be held.
She rushed to me then, pulling me to her chest, rubbing my back.
“He’ll be okay,” she promised. “He’s alive, Lia. He’ll be okay.”
And just like that, my heart was beating again.
His eyes opened slowly, now full of life again. Those gorgeous blue eyes that held galaxies within them. The eyes I’d sacrifice the universe for.
A gentle, mischievous smile stretched across his lips, and I almost sighed from how handsome he looked.
Even with the bandages wrapped around half his face. Even with his hair shaved. Even with his body covered in ugly wounds and purple bruises.
Zane Adams was still the most beautiful man I’d ever laid eyes
- on.
“Hey, love,” he whispered in the softest voice. “I’m back.”
A choked sob left my lips, and I fell onto his chest once more.
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His chest hummed with a groan, but I didn’t care if I was hurting him.
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I needed to hear his heartbeat. I needed to feel the movement.
Besides, he deserved it.
you die
“How dare you?” I asked, shaking with sobs. “How dare on me? You’re a liar, Zane. You promised you’d never leave!” My voice cracked, tears streaming down my face.
“I didn’t,” he muttered, placing a bandaged hand on my hair. There were IVs attached to him, pumping his body full of painkillers and funny–smelling herbs. “I’m still here.”
“Only because I begged you to!” I snapped, sitting up and glaring at him.
Once again, he grinned, as much as he could manage. “I’ll make you beg again soon, but it’ll be on a bed.”
I deadpanned. “It’s not funny. Not at all.”
His face softened. “I’m sorry.”
“You should be. If you do this again, if you ever throw yourself in harm’s way again, I will kill you.”
“Deal,” he said, reaching towards me.
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I leaned in to make it easier for him, and he gently brushed his bandaged fingers against my cheek.
My throat burned, and I turned my head towards Emerald. “How long? How long until we can take all this off? I need to feel his skin. I need his warmth.”
“He’s healing fast, Luna,” she replied, her head bowed. “Don’t worry. He’ll be up and about in a couple of months.”
“Couple of months?” Zane groaned. “I’m fine.”
I shot him a look. “Yeah, look at him. He’s fine.” Sarcasm dripped from my tone.
“She agrees,” Zane teased.
I rolled my eyes. “You’re a huge idiot. A massive one.”
“And you love an idiot. A massive one. What’s the point of being a goddess?” He scoffed.
I smiled, raising my hand to lightly slap him, but every inch of him was covered in bandages. My smile faltered, and I lowered my hand.
“My left foot,” he said.
“What happened?” I asked, glancing at it. It was the only part of his body without a single wound or bandage.
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“It’s free. You can slap it.” He wiggled it dramatically.
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I laughed, then sobbed again, before leaning in and pressing my lips against his split and cracked ones.
He kissed me back, and all my worries melted away, like nothing had ever been wrong.
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