whispered against her ear. “You can.”
Nothingness took her in its arms.
Chapter Five
Rex scooped Elizabeth up in his arms. He didn’t have time to wait for this damn CT
test. He had to get her out of there. One way or another, he had to transport them to Florida and deal with the mother of the horrific twins who were attempting to kill his mate.
Her neurological exam had been good. He was going to have to hope she was fine.
His sisters-in-law could examine her in Westervelt if there was no one in her pack who could help her first. Now he just needed to figure out how to sneak her out of the hospital without getting arrested. He scoffed at the thought. No human jail would hold him.
Keeping his head down, he carried his small mate as if he had every right to exit the hospital with her in his arms. She was still wearing the paper gown but he didn’t dare take the time to dress her. Instead, he’d scooped up her clothes and carried them out with her. She could change later when she woke up.
Rex gritted his teeth and moved forward as fast as he thought it was safe to do without drawing attention. Perhaps he need not have worried. The humans didn’t like to look at Elizabeth. It was their loss as far as he was concerned. If they couldn’t see past the curse, then they were simply blind or stupid.
His next problem? He didn’t have a means of transportation. This was not an insurmountable issue. Like his newly borrowed phone, he would simply take a car for as long as he needed it. He couldn’t help the grin that crossed his face. Elizabeth had hated when he had called his taking of the phone “borrowing it.” Her moral indignation had been plastered all over her face.
She was going to be upset all the time while in his presence. He stole things when he needed them. As much as possible, he returned the items when he no longer needed them.
Perhaps if he left the island more often, he’d be better prepared for what he needed on the outside. In any case, he wasn’t going to concern himself too much with the right and wrongness of things. He had never promised anyone he would be a hero. Certainly his pack didn’t think of him as heroic.
Moving into the parking lot, he pulled Elizabeth even closer. She might get cold. He didn’t feel the chill the way she would, and to make matters worse there was the issue of the paper gown. Horrendous the way these humans treated their sick.
One-handed, he managed to manipulate the car door open to a black SUV he hoped would blend in pretty well on the drive to Florida. There seemed to be a lot of them on the road.
Hurry up, people are coming .
His wolf had been monitoring the surroundings while he focused on taking the car.
Once upon a time, Gabriel had brought him out to learn how to do this type of thing. It had been an odd outing. Rex had been around ten years old and although his second oldest brother had looked thirty, he’d been hundreds of years old at the time.
Why had Gabriel done that? He’d never questioned it before but Rex couldn’t get the question out of his head. Why had Gabriel taken him out at ten years old to break into cars they didn’t need and ultimately wouldn’t even drive away in?
He felt the latch give under his hand. After getting the door open, he laid Elizabeth down gently in the passenger seat. It was dangerous to leave her alone even for a second—no way did he want to give the twin witches the opportunity to continue their assault on Elizabeth. Still, he needed to get this done without getting caught. He’d have to be really fast.
Working meticulously to start the car, he let his wolf fill him up inside. Together, they were stronger. As one, they never failed. It was only when he lived by his own dictates he screwed everything up.
Don’t be so hard on yourself .
He ignored his wolf as he finished hot-wiring the car. The leather seat of his stolen—
or borrowed—SUV crunched under him as he adjusted things to his liking.
Nothingness took her in its arms.
Chapter Five
Rex scooped Elizabeth up in his arms. He didn’t have time to wait for this damn CT
test. He had to get her out of there. One way or another, he had to transport them to Florida and deal with the mother of the horrific twins who were attempting to kill his mate.
Her neurological exam had been good. He was going to have to hope she was fine.
His sisters-in-law could examine her in Westervelt if there was no one in her pack who could help her first. Now he just needed to figure out how to sneak her out of the hospital without getting arrested. He scoffed at the thought. No human jail would hold him.
Keeping his head down, he carried his small mate as if he had every right to exit the hospital with her in his arms. She was still wearing the paper gown but he didn’t dare take the time to dress her. Instead, he’d scooped up her clothes and carried them out with her. She could change later when she woke up.
Rex gritted his teeth and moved forward as fast as he thought it was safe to do without drawing attention. Perhaps he need not have worried. The humans didn’t like to look at Elizabeth. It was their loss as far as he was concerned. If they couldn’t see past the curse, then they were simply blind or stupid.
His next problem? He didn’t have a means of transportation. This was not an insurmountable issue. Like his newly borrowed phone, he would simply take a car for as long as he needed it. He couldn’t help the grin that crossed his face. Elizabeth had hated when he had called his taking of the phone “borrowing it.” Her moral indignation had been plastered all over her face.
She was going to be upset all the time while in his presence. He stole things when he needed them. As much as possible, he returned the items when he no longer needed them.
Perhaps if he left the island more often, he’d be better prepared for what he needed on the outside. In any case, he wasn’t going to concern himself too much with the right and wrongness of things. He had never promised anyone he would be a hero. Certainly his pack didn’t think of him as heroic.
Moving into the parking lot, he pulled Elizabeth even closer. She might get cold. He didn’t feel the chill the way she would, and to make matters worse there was the issue of the paper gown. Horrendous the way these humans treated their sick.
One-handed, he managed to manipulate the car door open to a black SUV he hoped would blend in pretty well on the drive to Florida. There seemed to be a lot of them on the road.
Hurry up, people are coming .
His wolf had been monitoring the surroundings while he focused on taking the car.
Once upon a time, Gabriel had brought him out to learn how to do this type of thing. It had been an odd outing. Rex had been around ten years old and although his second oldest brother had looked thirty, he’d been hundreds of years old at the time.
Why had Gabriel done that? He’d never questioned it before but Rex couldn’t get the question out of his head. Why had Gabriel taken him out at ten years old to break into cars they didn’t need and ultimately wouldn’t even drive away in?
He felt the latch give under his hand. After getting the door open, he laid Elizabeth down gently in the passenger seat. It was dangerous to leave her alone even for a second—no way did he want to give the twin witches the opportunity to continue their assault on Elizabeth. Still, he needed to get this done without getting caught. He’d have to be really fast.
Working meticulously to start the car, he let his wolf fill him up inside. Together, they were stronger. As one, they never failed. It was only when he lived by his own dictates he screwed everything up.
Don’t be so hard on yourself .
He ignored his wolf as he finished hot-wiring the car. The leather seat of his stolen—
or borrowed—SUV crunched under him as he adjusted things to his liking.
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