Rogue (Gladiator Series #2) by E. L. Todd

Author:E. L. Todd [Todd, E. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fallen Publishing
Published: 2017-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

They took me to a different safe house, a nice place a few miles away from where Wilder and I had been staying. They put me in a bed with my clothes still on then hooked me up to an IV. They gave me a blood transfusion, and that stopped me from feeling so weak. After sitting there for thirty minutes, I drifted off to sleep.

I woke up sometime later from the sound of my monitor. The IV was still in my arm, and the beeping noise echoed in the bedroom. My eyes opened and focused on the man sitting at my bedside. My vision was blurry, so his face was difficult to make out.

“Gray.” Ben scooted closer to me and grabbed my hand. “About time, lazy bones.”

The teasing tone of his voice immediately made me smile. “I’m not lazy. I got shot.”

“Me too.” He pointed to his right arm, which was bandaged up just like mine. Except his was in a sling. The smile on his face suggested the experience was just a big joke. “We look like twins.”

“Are you okay?” I sat up and felt the terror grip me by the throat. “You should be in bed too.”

“No, I’m fine,” he said quickly. “I’ve been shot before. No big deal.”

“No big deal?” I asked incredulously.

“Yeah, I get shot all the time. You’ve seen my naked body in all its glory.”

“But…” I rubbed his forearm, concerned despite the fact I was in the same condition.

“But I’m not lying in bed like a dying person. I bounced back.”

“Hey, don’t be mean. I just felt a little dizzy. I’ve never been shot before.”

“Well, toughen up.” He kissed the top of my hand to tell me he was kidding.

“I hope this means the mission went well.” If he lost the pulse and Mr. Connell, he seemed too happy.

“It did. We got Daniel’s father back and the pulse. Everything is on the way back to France as we speak.”

Now that my mind was working at full capacity, I remembered the last encounter with my father. “Where’s Wilder?”

“He has your father back in custody in France.” His smile dropped when he broached the difficult subject. “You doing okay?” His fingers wrapped around mine. “I’m sure that was difficult.”

“Yeah…it was.” But at least my father cared about me not to let me die. Wilder wouldn’t have killed me, but he didn’t know that. Wilder was ruthless and terrifying. I knew him well, but I was still a little afraid of him. “Now I’m not sure what’s going to happen.”

“Me neither. He’s at the base right now in a cell.”

“Is Wilder going to turn him over to the authorities?”

“I don’t think so. I think he wants intel out of him. Giving him to the Americans won’t help much since they have strict rules about torture. We aren’t loyal to any particular country, so we can do whatever we want.”

I wasn’t if that was a good thing. I didn’t want my father to be tortured even if he deserved it.

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