Sworn to Protect: A Sugarland Blue Novel by Davis Jo

Author:Davis, Jo [Davis, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

10

The ride to the hospital was a weird kaleidoscope of sounds and images.

In the back of her fuzzed mind, Daisy knew her attacker must’ve hit her pretty damned hard with that beer bottle. She got that she was on the way to the hospital and there were paramedics talking to her. But not much else made sense.

Except Shane. Somehow he was there, and she’d never been more relieved to have him at her side. Even though she couldn’t process most of what he was saying, his presence was a soothing balm. He clung tight and kept saying something about never again. Whatever that meant.

He had to let go when they arrived, and she didn’t like that. They whisked her off to a white room that was so bright it hurt her eyes, so they turned the lights down some. Then she was transferred onto a traylike bed thing and shoved into a tube that started to whirr and make strange knocking noises. She didn’t like that either.

A CAT scan. She remembered that and shuddered, hoping she never had another one. The scanner around her head was kind of scary. When she was all done, they put her back on a rolling bed and moved her down the hallway again. The motion made her sick, so she closed her eyes.

Then she was in the ER, in a cubicle, and Shane was waiting. He had blood all over his shirt, and she frowned, trying to reason out why, then realized it was from her head. He’d been holding her on the ground. If she could recall that, maybe she wasn’t so bad off. Now if her brain would quit spinning.

“How are you feeling, baby?”

“Not so good. Hurts.”

“I know.” Taking her hand, he sat beside her bed as the nurse fiddled with her IV and checked her vitals. “I paid him back for you, though. And his ass got arrested.”

“Good,” she murmured with a faint smile. “You rescued me.”

“I wouldn’t have needed to if you two hadn’t gone to that stupid club to begin with. Do you have any idea how much worse—”

“You’re making my head hurt more,” she whimpered.

“Sorry.” Contrite, he bent and pressed a kiss to her lips. “I’ll save the lecture.”

“Thanks.”

“You still have glass in your hair. You’re filthy.”

“He’ll have sore balls tomorrow.”

He laughed softly. “Good. They’ll go fine with his broken nose.”

She was savagely glad about that. “Sleepy.” She yawned.

“I don’t think you should go to sleep yet, sugar. Stay awake for me, okay?” His handsome, worried face hovered above hers.

But try as she might, her lids wouldn’t stay open.

The next time she awoke, she blinked, trying to figure out where she was. The space around her looked different, and she realized she’d been put into a regular room. She didn’t recall leaving the ER, and hated that she’d apparently lost a few hours.

The room was almost dark, except for a dim light on near the door. In the shadow, she could make out Shane beside her bed, asleep in a fold-out visitor’s chair.

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