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shoulders. He took a deep breath and smiled back at her. He looked quickly away, embarrassed at watching her and Chase embracing each other.
    “I’m sorry, baby. I didn’t mean to leave you at the altar. I hope you can forgive me.” She nuzzled the side of face and inhaled the essence of sunshine and home. Chase reached up and hit the button to call a nurse to her room.
    “How do you feel? Does anything hurt?” Chase began to systematically check her limbs, testing for pain.
    “I feel weak, but fine over all. Where is Brandi? How is she?”
    Dani had to know what happened to her little sister, her rescuer. The last thing she remembered was the smell of her mother’s blood and silence. Oh God! Her mom!
    “What about my mom?” Dani tried to push past Chase and get to her feet. She had to find her mom. Now!
    “Hold on there, Angel.” Cayden hurried to the side of the bed to comfort her.
    “That is actually the reason I stopped by to see you and Chase. Please, relax. I have news on both your mom and Brandi. Ms. Tessa is right down the hall. Doc Stevens is keeping a close eye on her. He hasn’t left her side and he assured me that she’s stable. She lost a lot of blood, and to be honest, it was close, but she’s expected to completely recover.” He shyly took her hand after looking to Chase for approval. Dani pulled on his arm until he bent over and hugged her gently.
    “Thank you, Cay. I’ve missed you so much. Please forgive me for pulling you into the mess my life has become. And please don’t hold it against Chase if you can’t forgive me. I asked too much of you and we both paid for it.”
    Cayden squeezed her tighter and fought the tears of relief that threatened to well up in his eyes. He didn’t acknowledge her request for forgiveness. Instead, he sat back in a chair by the bed and continued to update them on everything they had missed.
    “Brandi had two gunshots to her upper back. I went to check on her this morning. One of the bullets had become lodged in her chest and was preventing her body from clotting and beginning the healing process. The other bullet exited her chest and only added to the blood loss. We had one doctor and two critical patients.”
    Cayden explained that a doctor had joined the Wrath teams and saved the day by wrapping Tessa’s wrist and getting a blood host for Brandi while he waited for Doc to arrive. Doc had taken over care of Tessa and the warrior had gone to the Vaughn estate to remove the bullet and sew up Brandi. He operated on Brandi in the kitchen with Griffin Vaughn, of all people, as his OR nurse. Chase and Dani both stared at him with open-mouthed amazement by the time he finished his story. A nurse bustled into the room accompanied by Doc Stevens. Chase and Cayden moved away to let them check Dani over. She tried to answer Doc’s questions, while keeping an eye on the men whispering in the corner. After her exam was finished, and Doc explained Tessa’s condition to Dani, he went to consult the guys while the nurse busied herself with removing her IV and getting her a set of scrubs.
    No one was aware that Dani had woken from her drug induced sleep and that was the way they wanted to keep it. She still wasn’t welcome on the Enclave and they only got away with taking her there because Doc insisted he have both of his patients in the same building. Now that they were both stable, even though Tessa had yet to awaken, they were both being moved stealthily. Whether the Council or the Enclave was ready to admit it or not, there were traitors in their ranks. Moving the women before they drew any more attention was vital. Dani had barely gotten dressed and was still barefoot when Chase scooped her up and headed for the door. Cayden had a car at the side entrance ready to go. Just ahead of them Doc had Tessa in an ambulance and was taking her to his clinic for observation. Within an hour of her waking, Dani was on the way to the condo she shared with Chase, and her mom