New Species 14-15 - Numbers by Laurann Dohner

Author:Laurann Dohner [Dohner, Laurann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B014FUXNW2
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing Inc
Published: 2015-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

“He’s alive.” Candi still reeled from seeing him.

“That’s who you were raised with?”

She almost collapsed but the canine male, Torrent, lunged forward and grabbed her around her waist, hauling her up into his arms. He carried her back into the exam room she’d just left and placed her on the bed. He slid his arms out from under her. “Jinx, get Doc Trisha. She’s whiter than the sheets.”

“Fuck,” Jinx muttered and rushed down the hallway.

Torrent took her hand. “Look at me.”

She did.

“Hero is the male you thought had died?”

“He’s alive.”

She realized she’d said that before. It was just too unbelievable. Christopher Chazel had visited her one time after sending her to Penny. He’d sat in a chair next to the bed where they kept her restrained, machines hooked up to her while she healed from a head injury. He’d told her in a cold voice that he’d personally terminated 927. It hadn’t surprised her. She knew he could kill. She’d seen him do it before. But he’d lied.

927 was alive and the canine and feline males had called him Hero. She let that sink in, and then jerked her hand out of Torrent’s. She tried to sit up. She needed to find 927. Why did he leave me? Why did he take off like that? It tore at her.

“No!” Torrent pushed her flat. “Stay down.”

“I have to go after him. I have to find him.”

“He took off like a bat out of hell. I don’t think he wants to see you.”

“I need to see him.” She shoved at the male’s hands and even resorted to kicking him hard in the thigh. He snarled and backed away.

She rolled off the other side of the bed and grabbed the first thing she could. It was a pitcher. “Move.”

He gaped at her. “Or what? You’ll beat me with water in a plastic container?”

“I need to find him!” A sense of desperation hit her.

Sympathy softened his features. “I understand. You both appeared deeply stunned. He probably just needs to pull his emotions together.”

“I need to find him now!” She refused to back down. 927 was alive, and she had to get to him. She lowered the pitcher back to the table and masked her emotions. “I don’t feel so well. Can you wet a towel?” She leaned against the bed and lifted a hand to her face. “I think I’m going to faint.”

He spun, striding into the bathroom to do as she’d asked. “Lie down.”

She lunged once he was out of her way. The door remained open and she rushed through it. No one tried to stop her until she reached the area with desks and a long counter. Doc Trisha, Jinx and the female canine stepped out of an office on the other side of the room. They all appeared surprised and confused. Heavy boots hitting the floor sounded from the direction she’d just fled. Torrent appeared, having realized her ploy.

She spun and slammed into the double glass doors. They started to open and she tried again, twisting her body to squeeze between the parting doors.

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