Fighting for Phoebe by Jennifer Ann

Author:Jennifer Ann
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2016-11-22T23:00:00+00:00

12

Jace

From being alongside guys who experienced their first interaction with raw violence while deployed overseas, I know immediately that Phoebe’s in shock. She stares blankly ahead at nothing, her hands limp at her sides like she’s afraid if she looks this will all be real.

Her fucker of an ex has split before I make it over to her, pulling my T-shirt off my back. I wasn’t trained as a medic, but I’d seen enough first aid to have a general idea of what to do.

“Look at me,” I command, pausing until her big brown eyes drag over to meet mine. “We need to get you to a hospital.”

“Hell no!” she insists as her face turns chalk white. “Decker will pin this on you and you can’t afford to get involved with the police!”

“Then we’ll have Ellen take you in.”

“They’ll still come looking for you! Think about it, Jace! I can’t go into the ER saying I stumbled onto a knife, and I refuse to let you run off without me!”

Dropping my head, I growl. Damn it all, she’s right.

“Just…look at it,” she pleads. “How bad is it? Like slasher movie bad, or do I not want to know? Am I going to die?”

Bracing myself for the worst, I breathe a sigh of relief once I’ve given a closer look. The knife went in shallow, having penetrated less than an inch of skin. It’s not anywhere deep enough to have hit any of her vital organs. And from the small amount of blood pooling at the surface, it’s far from life-threatening.

“You’re going to be okay,” I promise, stopping to squeeze her shoulder.

With two swift motions, I’ve removed the knife and replaced it with my shirt, pushing hard against the wound. She cries out in pain before I drag her into the safety of my free arm.

The sound of squealing tires from not too far away gets my blood pumping hard enough that I consider leaving Phoebe to go after the coward.

“Take me upstairs,” she pleads. “We can’t have Ellen getting involved in any of this.”

“You’re right,” I grumble, glancing over my shoulder to make sure Ellen isn’t already watching from the house. For a warm summer night, it seems highly unlikely that there isn’t a single kid playing outside. Then again, with dangerous creeps like her ex roaming around, I can’t blame the parents for keeping their kids indoors. I can’t wait to get Phoebe out of this dump of a town.

Ever so carefully, I have her hold the shirt to her side before I carry her up the steps and into the apartment, setting her down on the couch. Her big brown eyes roll down to where she still holds my shirt against her side.

“Are you sure I’m not going to die?”

A small chuckle lodges in my throat. “You’re lucky…it barely nicked you.” Leaning down, I kiss her forehead. “Hold it there until we’re sure the bleeding has stopped.”

“Where are you going?” Though I know she’d never admit to being scared, there’s a hint of panic behind her words.

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