Fallen Knight by Leigh T.K

Author:Leigh, T.K.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Esme

“You’ll need to change your dressings twice a day and clean them with soap and water,” a nurse tells me after she finishes bandaging up the cuts on my face and knees.

It feels like overkill to have been subjected to various tests and scans for the past hour, considering most people wouldn’t have the luxury of receiving this level of medical care.

But I’m not most people.

“You may also experience some discomfort, so be sure to keep ibuprofen on hand.”

“Thank you.”

“My pleasure, Your Highness.” With a subtle curtsy, she retreats from the room, Archie stepping inside moments later.

Which surprises me.

While Archie is technically my CPO, that’s not his role on this trip. If anyone should be standing guard outside my room it should be Creed.

“How are you?” he asks softly, worried eyes scanning my frame.

My attempt at a smile feels unusually fake. “A little sore,” I say evasively, not bringing up the fact that every time I blink, all I see is that damn gun. Every time I hear a door close, I jump, the sound reminding me of the gun going off.

It’s probably natural after something like this. Once the shock wears off, I doubt I’ll be so skittish. Right now, though, I’m still on high alert.

“That’s a relief.”

“Where’s Cr—Captain Lawson?” I ask as I slide off the bed. “Considering he’s been glued to my hip since the plane touched down, I would have thought he’d burst in here the second they told him he could.”

Archie’s expression instantly falls. “He…uh…”

I step toward him. “What is it, Archie?”

“Creed was… Well, he was shot.”

My heart drops to the pit of my stomach, his words stealing my breath. “He what?” I place my hand on a nearby table, needing to steady myself against the sudden bout of vertigo consuming me. “Is he okay?”

He runs his fingers through his blond hair. “He’s got a bit of a flesh wound.”

“Where is he?” My chest squeezes, the shaking in my hands increasing as panic grips every inch of me.

It doesn’t matter that Creed was upright when we arrived here an hour ago. He was bloody shot. There’s no such thing as a harmless gunshot wound.

Archie opens his mouth to say something, probably tell me he has orders to take me straight back to the hotel while we await the royal household’s decision on whether I’m to continue on this trip.

Then he sighs. “Come with me.”

Archie places a hand on my elbow as he steers me out of the room, more of my protection team now lining the hallways. I want to ask if they caught the guy who tried to kill me, but I don’t care about that right now. All I do care about is making sure Creed’s okay. Until I see it with my own eyes, I won’t believe it.

After leading me down a few more hallways, Archie brings me to a large room, the only privacy afforded the dozen or so patients a thin curtain between beds. Reaching one of the partitions, he pulls back the curtain and allows me to enter, but stays just outside, giving me some privacy.

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