Roped by SJD Peterson

Author:SJD Peterson [Peterson, SJD]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Storm winds blew straight into the face of time, the hands stopped momentarily, only time can never truly be stopped. A life-shattering event, merely a blip in history, and yet for those involved, it can feel like a hellish eternity.

For me, the winds of change destroyed my life, but in death, I found freedom.

Tek Cain

Breaking Free

JAMIE CLUTCHED the bag full of medical supplies in his hand as he tromped up the stairs toward their hotel room. It really couldn’t be called a proper medical kit, just some disinfectant, bandages, gauze, and tape, but it would have to do. He’d prefer to take Tek to the hospital, but it was too dangerous. Bullet holes meant police, a lot of questions, and fingerprints. Still, it would be better than if…. No, Tek would be fine. Jamie refused to think anything else.

Tek was lying on the large king-sized bed, asleep. He was naked, a white sheet draped across his waist, his chest rising and falling erratically, and the muscles of his arms and legs were tense, twitching, evidence of the pain Tek was experiencing from his wound even in slumber.

Jamie closed the door softly and moved closer to the bed. He laid out his supplies on the bedside table and then went into the bathroom to retrieve towels and the bucket of ice. He brought them back into the room, adding them to his other supplies, and kneeled down next to the bed. He placed his hand against Tek’s forehead and felt the heat of a slight fever. He hoped it was a result of the pain and not early infection setting in. Tek barely responded, only a slight twitch in his cheek as Jamie touched him. The poor man had been up for over forty-eight hours. Tek had cared for Jamie until the drugs were out of his system. Drive, coffee, drive, more coffee. Tek had ignored his own wound and refused to stop, insisting they weren’t safe, until Jamie had forced him to stop. It was now Jamie’s turn to repay the favor.

“Tek,” he whispered, running his fingers along Tek’s cheek. Tek stirred, his brow creasing, but he didn’t wake. “Hey, I have to clean your wound. You need to wake up for me,” Jamie said a little louder.

“I don’t want to,” Tek muttered without opening his eyes. “It’s gonna hurt.”

Jamie grinned with relief at the pout on Tek’s lips. “Yes, it is,” he told him and unwrapped Tek’s wound.

“You could have lied, you bastard,” Tek grumbled.

“I’ll get you a lollipop if you’ll be a good boy,” Jamie teased.

Jamie inspected Tek’s wound. The skin around the gunshot was red and angry-looking, but it was no longer bleeding. Tek had worried the bullet had broken the bone since he’d lost the use of it during the battle, but it must have been the trauma of the blast. The bone was intact, and the bullet had passed through the meaty flesh of his bicep. The possibility of infection was Jamie’s biggest concern.

Jamie laid

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