Unexpected Bliss by Lexi Blake

Author:Lexi Blake [Blake, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lexi Blake, Nights in Bliss, western, contemporary romance, Sophie Oak
Publisher: DLZ Entertainment LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Hey, can I get you some coffee? The doc should be done in a minute or two, and he’ll let you know how things are going.” A beautiful woman in scrubs walked into the small waiting room. She’d been the one to greet them when they’d come into the clinic.

Elisa shook her head. “I’m fine. I think the last thing I need is coffee. My heart’s still racing.”

“You couldn’t tell.” Van sat across from her. “You were amazing out there.” He looked to the nurse. “She was cool as a cucumber. She didn’t even think about it, just jumped right on Hale and protected him and then got them out of the line of fire. Meanwhile I’m freaking out. I’m sorry about that. It probably made things harder for you.”

He was exaggerating, but she appreciated the fact that he’d likely never taken fire before, and it could throw a person off balance. “You were fine. You did everything I asked you to do.”

After the shot, she’d managed to carefully roll them to cover behind a tree, and she’d had Van drive the SUV around. She’d been fairly sure whoever had taken the shot was gone, but she hadn’t wanted to take the chance so she’d used the car as cover and had Van get in the back with Hale. Then she’d driven them here to the clinic.

Her gut had been in a knot, but panicking solved nothing.

Her first thought when he’d been shot was that she didn’t want him to die, and not in an “I care for all people” kind of way. In an “I want another chance with him” way.

“Well, I felt like I panicked.” Van’s head dropped back. “I hope he’s okay. I can’t…”

“Honey, he’s going to be fine,” Nurse Naomi assured them both. “I saw him a few minutes ago. It clipped his tricep. Doc is stitching him up, and then he can go home. I’m sure he’ll need some pain meds for a day or two, but he’ll be fine. Now the hunter who did this better be sure he’s never found, or we won’t be able to say the same for him.”

“You think it was a hunter?” Van asked.

Naomi put a hand on his shoulder. “I think it was an accident. Unless we’ve got another assassin in town and they’re after Hale. I don’t suppose he’s on the run from the mob? Secretly a CIA operative?” She gave Elisa a grin. “It happens a lot here.”

“Hale’s never been in trouble with anyone that I know of,” Van replied.

“Then it was probably a hunter,” Naomi assured them. “I’ve already called the park rangers and the sheriff. I have to call in any gunshot wounds.”

The door opened as though Nate Wright knew exactly when to make his entrance. Her new boss nodded her way. “Hey, Deputy Leal. Hale okay?”

She stood, the long habit of respecting her CO ingrained in her. “He’s going to be fine, sir. The bullet clipped him but there was a lot of blood, so I wasn’t sure until we brought him in.

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