“A coma,” Jake repeated.
“Yeah. I tried to give you blood, but your injury was so bad it hardly helped at all. I was terrified, Jake, so afraid I was going to lose you. I couldn’t bear that.”
Jake wasn’t sure he could process what Kelan was telling him. A coma? Christ, he must have been in a bad way for the doctors to do that to him.
“Jake, there’s something else we need to discuss. There’s a shifter working here at the hospital, a doctor. Cary and I explained what really happened to him, but with a stab wound, the police had to be called in. It’s hospital procedure. They want to talk to you when you wake up. I told them you were mugged and that your wallet was stolen. I think it’s best if we stick to that, okay?”
Jake nodded. “What about Gill? What happens when they find his body on the roof?”
“They won’t. Cary carried Gill from the roof. We managed to get away before the fire service showed up. We contacted Cary’s council and they came to collect Gill’s body. The police will never know of his involvement in all this.”
“Where is Cary now?”
“He’s at Cody’s apartment. He and Stefan are keeping an eye on him until I get him back to Texas, but I think it’s going to take a while before he’s able to work again. He’s in a bad way. When you see him… He can hardly function properly at all.”
“So he’s still going to go with you, even though his life is not at risk anymore?’
“I’m making him,” Kelan declared. “He has nothing left here. His home was destroyed, his mate is dead and in the state he’s in, he wouldn’t be able to hold down his job anyhow. I’m afraid he’d end up on the streets, and I’d never forgive myself if that were to happen to him when there was something I could have done about it.”
Jake smiled. Kelan was the most selfless man he knew. He couldn’t imagine his life without Kelan in it. That would hurt worse than the knife in his chest had.
“When are you going back to Texas?”
Kelan’s eyes grew sad. “I don’t know. I need to go home pretty soon because there are a few problems in the pack, but I’m not leaving until you’re better. You are my first priority Jake, everything else can wait. Of course I had hoped that…”
“I’m coming with you,” Jake said in a rush.
“You want to come and visit?”
“No.”
Kelan screwed his eyebrows together. The confused look on his lover’s face made Jake smile.
“I’m coming for good.”
The smile on Kelan’s face lit up the whole room. Jake couldn’t help but smile back. What was there to keep him in New York? A job? He could work anywhere, but Texas was where Kelan would be and that was all he needed to know. If he had Kelan in his life, he could face anything else that came his way. They could face things together.
“You mean that? For good?” Kelan asked, holding his breath in anticipation.
Jake was everything he had ever wanted in a mate. His life would be complete if Jake was home with him in Texas. His whole family would be together. He couldn’t think of a better way to spend his days.
“For as long as you want me,” Jake said.
Kelan chuckled. “But I’ll always want you.”
“Then you’ll always have me.”
About the Author
Lavinia discovered reading at an early age and could always be found with her nose in a book. She loved getting lost in a fantasy world even then. When her parents bought her a typewriter for Christmas at aged eleven, her fate was sealed. She spent hours dreaming up characters and creating stories. Not a lot has changed. Now when she is not writing you can find her enjoying a new release e-book.
Lavinia has lived all over the UK but currently resides in London, England. She has travelled extensively to places including Africa, Asia, Australia, America and most of Europe. Although some of her books are set in Texas she has never visited the state but plans to spend time there in the near future.
She is an avid reader and her favourite authors include J L Langley, Carol Lynne, Chris Owen and Andrew Grey. Lavinia particularly loves supernatural fiction and her favourite authors in this genre include Kelly Armstrong, Keri Arthur and Charlaine Harris.
Although Lavinia is a huge fan of the romance genre, she will admit to reading anything and everything. She loves horror, a good thriller and if a book has the capacity to make her cry, well, all the better. One thing she does insist on in a book however, regardless of genre is a happy ending, so you will always find one in the books she writes.
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