Rescued by Scarlett Finn

Author:Scarlett Finn [Finn, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

The doctor was still working on Diego when Shea got there. Leaving him alone to complete the scans because she didn’t want to hover, Shea checked in with the other guards who’d been hurt. Diego was the only one of her comrades with serious injuries; the others’ wounds were superficial. Shea told every comrade involved that they’d have to provide a written account of what happened, but gave each of them the remainder of the day off, ordering them to get some rest first.

The inmates she’d shot were in a separate part of the infirmary. She checked them too and advised the staff to give them the best care possible. Each of the prisoners were chained, or drugged, and she ordered them to be kept that way. They weren’t the best of patients and had proven they were dangerous. No way was she going to take any chances by trusting them.

In spite of being one of the youngest comrades, Sharkey was trustworthy. Shea got on the walkie and put him in charge of the solitary situation as he had the most experience in that department. She told him to clear out her cell and use it if he had to, even though she wasn’t wild about the idea of any inmate occupying what had been her safe space.

“Lady?”

So that had caught on? Turning around, she watched the doc approach, disliking the grim expression on his face. “How is he?”

Guiding her down the hallway, he took her into the room where Diego was laid up, connected to a bunch of machines. Seeing her powerful friend propped on the narrow bed, lifeless and unresponsive, made her hand rise to her mouth.

“It seems that he was targeted,” the doctor said from behind her.

Going to Diego to pick up his hand, she tried to process. When she blinked, tears skittered down her face; she didn’t care about showing weakness.

Pulling his hand to her mouth, she pressed her lips to it and squeezed it in both of his. “D,” she breathed onto him.

“He wasn’t shot. He was hit on the head and it’s that which has caused his unconsciousness.” Squeezing her eyes closed, Shea tried to hold in the sob that threatened her throat. So numb, she didn’t even know if she managed to contain it or not. “He’s in a coma, Lady.”

Sucking in a breath, she swallowed her terror and grief. “Will he wake up?”

“The next couple of days will be the most important in determining his prognosis.”

Keeping Diego’s hand in hers, she spun to face the doctor. “Would he get better care in a proper hospital?”

“Wha… what?” the doctor stuttered.

Shea was willing to consider any avenue. Whatever Diego needed to recover, she’d make sure it got done, even if it went against their revered Laird’s protocol. “If we take him off-base—”

“No. We have all of the facilities of the best hospitals in the world. The Laird has to ensure we are capable of sustaining ourselves.”

Diego had told her that the compound could be cut off from the world in the winter.

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