Killer Kiss (Saint View Strip Book 3) by Elle Thorpe

Author:Elle Thorpe [Thorpe, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elle Thorpe Pty Ltd
Published: 2024-03-02T00:00:00+00:00

Iwasn’t aware of falling asleep, but when I woke, the sun was rising outside the window, and Ophelia was still slumped in the chair beside my bed, her head lolling to one side, her mouth open while she slept.

I chuckled. But even exhausted like she was, her hair a mess, and wearing my clothes which I hadn’t even noticed before, she was still so beautiful.

In fact, I was pretty sure I liked this look on her better than when it seemed like she’d just stepped off a fashion runway in Milan, with her hair neatly combed and her expensive clothes all fitted and perfect.

Best of all, I liked her when she was naked in my bed, writhing around on the sheets.

My back was aching from being in one position so long. Or maybe it was all the stumbling around in the darkness of Willa’s burning house, but I needed to get up and move. I tried to put Luna down on the bed beside me, but she woke up and shook her head hard. I smiled at her, praying she wouldn’t freak out now that she wasn’t quite as traumatized as she’d been earlier.

“Hey. Do you remember me?”

She nodded. “Uncle Augie.”

“Yep. You know where we are?”

“Grandma’s work.”

I raised an eyebrow. “That’s right. At the hospital where your grandma works. Lots of her friends are here too. They’ve been helping us feel better.”

She just stared at me with those huge brown eyes.

I had no idea what to do. But my back was still aching, and I really needed to stretch. “I’m going to get up for a minute, okay? Do you want to just sit here on the bed?”

She shook her head.

Ophelia cleared her throat, though her eyes were still closed. “You can come sit on my lap if you want, Luna?”

The girl shook her head again.

I squinted at her. “Want me to hold you while I stretch?”

She nodded.

Ophelia hid a smile as I got off the bed with my niece.

Some tiny broken part of me fit itself back together with Luna’s arms around me. If she didn’t want to be put down, then I sure wasn’t going to make her. I shifted to the edge of the bed and swung my feet down, wincing as they hit the floor.

“You okay?” Ophelia asked quietly, her hand hovering like my legs might give out and force her to catch me.

“Did a Mack truck hit me at some point? Because it feels like it.”

“I can imagine. Augie, what you did…”

I winced. “I didn’t do anything.”

Ophelia looked like she wanted to argue, but I was grateful when she didn’t. I didn’t deserve praise for getting Luna out. Anyone would have done the same.

Someone yanked my cubicle curtain aside, and I turned around, expecting to see a doctor.

Instead, Lacey, Banjo, Colt, and their other partner, Rafe, stood at the end of the bed, all four of them haggard.

“Mommy!” Luna shouted, twisting in my arms to get to her mother.

Lacey burst into tears at the sight of her daughter, rushing forward and taking her from my arms.

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