Hidden While In Sight (Wicked Defenders) by Amber Warden

Author:Amber Warden [Warden, Amber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Panda Lily Press
Published: 2024-06-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Diego read the book to Emma again, bringing it toward her face the way she liked. Hannah’s little girl giggled even though his voice was rough as he said, “Chomp,” as quietly as he could.

They were in the back room of the clinic, the same room where the doctor worked on bandaging Hannah’s head. Diego didn’t trust the doctor enough to leave her in the room alone, and he didn’t feel right leaving the kids alone, so they were all there, taking up space in this too small room.

Killing Ashford had been the easiest part of his day so far.

Emma sat near the outside of his thigh, and as he reached the end of the book again, her head lowered to his leg and she closed her eyes.

Diego closed the book, rubbed her delicate back with one hand, decided no, he wasn’t going to hurt her by doing that, and hoped like hell she really was falling asleep.

He studied Hannah’s face. She hadn’t woken up again yet, and the fact that she hadn’t was making him antsy.

Diego had asked the doctor if he’d screwed up by moving her. His response, that it was too late now, was less than reassuring.

He looked over at Connor, who huddled against the wall out of reach, looking like he might be sick.

Diego held out his hand. “Come here, boy,” he offered, but his voice came out more like a gruff order.

Connor rose to his feet and came, lowering himself so that his puny leg pressed against Diego’s side like it had in the den before. The boy trembled.

Diego put his hand on his back, rubbing it gently since it’d worked on the little girl well enough.

Connor’s trembling eased, and his eyes shut.

Soon Diego had both of Hannah’s kids sleeping against him. He wasn’t sure whether to tremble himself, puff up his chest, or throw up like their mom had. He kind of felt like he could do all three.

His head rested against the wall, and he returned his gaze to Hannah’s face, urging her to open her eyes.

When she did, it shocked the hell out of him, but he couldn’t jerk in surprise and wake the kids. He also couldn’t run to her side like he wanted to.

So he sat there, continuing to stroke backs so delicate they would break more easily than their father’s neck had, and watched Hannah’s eyes struggle to focus.

The doctor asked her questions that seemed stupid. Of course she had a goddamn headache. Hadn’t he seen all the blood?

At least her answers no longer had that slur to them. And she answered no to being nauseous. Both were better than she’d been at the house.

Hannah’s eyes regained focus. She searched for her kids first. After finding them both, her gaze moved to meet Diego’s.

She didn’t smile, not that he’d expected her to. She must still hurt like hell. He wasn’t even sure she remembered he’d killed her husband. The body hadn’t been hidden under that blanket, but she hadn’t exactly been lucid either.

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