Marked by Truth- Ebook by Marie Kathryn

Author:Marie, Kathryn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

Oliver’s grunts of pain were the only thing that filled the room’s silence as Beckett reset his cracked nose.

He could barely sit still. “If Carrigan ruined my face, I’m going to ruin his.” I scoffed in response, and his eyes narrowed at me. “No sympathy for your injured brother in pain?”

“Not when it was self-inflicted and completely avoidable.” I smirked at him, earning me a death glare but no response, because he knew there wasn’t one when I was right.

Ollie whimpered like an injured puppy when Beckett snapped something into place. “Your nose will be fine. You just need to keep this brace on here for the next day while your bones heal.” Beckett picked up an arched piece of plastic and metal, pressing and molding it to Ollie’s purple nose.

“Ugh, this is annoying.” Ollie squirmed under Beckett’s expert touch like a toddler at their first physician checkup.

“You’re worse than your sister,” Beckett mumbled, securing the last bandage. “You’re all set. I’ll leave you two alone for a minute.”

He dropped his gloves in the trash by the bed Ollie had taken up in the infirmary and gave me a quick wink before striding across the room and closing the door to the secondary office he had here. I leaned back on my hands, sitting across from Ollie on the neighboring bed, my feet barely scraping the floor.

“Feel better?” I asked.

He sighed, tension releasing from his shoulders. “You really like him, don’t you?”

My cheeks heated. “Yeah, I do.”

“And he…loves you?” His bright eyes sparkled under the harsh lighting, a softness overcoming his features as he waited for my answers.

“Yes, he does.” My heart stuttered at the admission.

“Please tell me that wasn’t the first time you heard it.”

I laughed. “Oh, no, of course not. The first time was so long ago. Almost an hour has gone by.”

“Oh, Goddess.” Ollie let his head hang. “Please don’t tell me…”

“That you interrupted one of the most romantic moments in my life with your overprotective bullshit? Yeah, you did.”

“Well, at least I helped put on a good show for you.”

“Goddess above,” I mumbled, rubbing my forehead.

“He makes you happy, I can see that.” He looked me up and down before standing up and shuffling over to sit next to me. “But that’s not all. You still have something weighing on you.”

“How can you tell?”

He shrugged. “I can feel it. You have something sitting on you. Something new.”

My throat quivered, my gaze falling to my lap. What I was being forced to participate in, wouldn’t be a secret for long. The High Faction knew, and now, with all the other Factions involved with the hunt for Elliot and his allies, it was only a matter of time before a report was sent out with details of my mission to capture him. Between my squabble with Nolan and Ollie, I hadn’t taken a minute to realize the actual weight that had been placed on me with this decision.

I was going in alone to face one of the most dangerous men against Kazola.

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