What Doesn't Kill Us: Ends Duet, Book 2 by MercyAnn Summers

Author:MercyAnn Summers [Summers, MercyAnn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Matt

Antoinette has been out for a while.

She lost a lot of blood from the bullet wound that almost went overlooked during the initial chaos.

I called in the doctor we keep on the payroll, who said she’s lucky it was through-and-through, a flesh wound that will probably annoy for a while. He cleaned it out and then stitched her up, putting in a small drain he says we can remove in a day or two once the drainage has dissipated.

Tony has been prowling around like a caged animal, and I’ve been actively preventing him from putting together his own version of an elite special forces team to go after Darius and Agatha. It’s been difficult to keep him in check because he’s furious at everyone involved, but mostly at himself.

Losing Lilith is going to be immense. We’re not entirely sure what happened, and we won’t know until Antoinette wakes up and briefs us. That’s the biggest reason I’m not giving him free rein to go utterly apeshit on the world. We can’t go blindly into this because that will only get more people killed.

But Tony is so deep into the blame game right now that he’s not thinking clearly. So far, he has blamed everyone you can think of in this scenario, but mostly, he’s blaming us. Because lord fucking knows if the two of us had gotten there sooner, none of this would’ve ever happened. Because he would have prevented it. Because he’s fucking superman.

He’s also an asshole.

I look over and see Toni’s eyes are open. She’s looking in my direction but not directly at me, her unfocused gaze lost.

I rise from my seat and move closer to her, kneeling on the floor beside the bed. “Toni? Are you okay?”

She blinks, then her eyes meet mine, but she says nothing as she shrugs her shoulders and shakes her head simultaneously. So, I ask, “Do you want me to sit with you?”

She nods, but when I move to grab the chair from the other side of the room, her hand on my arm stops me. I look at her questioningly, and she says, “Sit here with me, please. I have so much to say.”

I frown but move around to the other side of the bed, piling the pillows up so I can sit beside her more easily. I climb up beside her, and she tries to turn toward me but winces, so I lean over, moving the pillows around, helping her get situated so she’s reclining but able to look at me without straining herself.

She gives me a sad look, her eyes haunted. “What is it, Toni?”

“Is Tony here?”

I shake my head. “No, he stepped out for a few minutes. Do you want him to come back? Now?”

She nods, so I pull my phone out of my pocket and send him a message, telling him to come back now because Antoinette is asking for him.

We sit silently for a few minutes, and then Tony comes barreling into the room like the human hurricane he is.

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