Surrendering to Us by Cameron Chelsea M

Author:Cameron, Chelsea M. [Cameron, Chelsea M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Adult, new adult, Romance
Amazon: B00HQ285PM
Goodreads: 20454855
Published: 2013-12-30T08:00:00+00:00

The cab ride to the hospital was one of the worst I’d ever taken. Lucah sat in stony silence, but the hand I was holding shook. I paid the fare and we got out, going into the Emergency entrance. Lucah still seemed unable to speak, so I asked the nurse at the desk where Ryder Blythe was.

“Are you family?”

“Yes,” I said. “This is his brother.” The nurse looked at Lucah.

“I’m his brother,” he finally said, his voice cracking. “I’m his brother.” I thought he was going to pass out, or fall over, but he braced himself on the desk and inhaled sharply through his nose.

The nurse told us where to go and gave us directions I tried to remember, while towing Lucah along. He stumbled like a zombie, nearly crashing into a nurse who pushed a cart from room to room. I got lost once and had to backtrack, but eventually I found the right hallway.

“That’s his room,” I said, pointing to the one with the numbers four-two-three on the door. Obviously he could see that was Ryder’s room, but I still felt the need to say something.

“Lucah?” He was still so pale.

“This is my fault.” I thought maybe I’d heard him wrong, because he couldn’t possibly be blaming himself for this. “This is my fault.”

“Let’s just go in and see him, okay?” This didn’t feel like the right time to address Lucah’s self-blame. We could deal with that later, after we assessed the damage.

A soft beeping was the only sound in the room, apart from the squeaking of Lucah’s shoes on the linoleum as we slowly walked toward the solitary bed.

Ryder was either asleep, or passed out; an oxygen tube in his nose, and several lines strung their way to hanging bags of different liquids. The man I’d seen the other day was gone, replaced by a broken, deflated version. His skin was gray, and his cheekbones nearly poked through his skin.

Lucah stared at his brother. Just stared. And then he fell to his knees beside Ryder, taking me with him. I nearly cracked my skull on the metal edge of the bed, but I was able to catch myself before that happened.

Ryder’s eyelids fluttered and then opened.

“Lucah?” His voice was rough and cracking, like he had laryngitis.

“Ryder.” Lucah lifted his head and reached for Ryder’s hand.

“I’m . . . sorry.” Ryder whispered and then coughed.

“It’s okay, don’t try to talk. It’s not important, okay? It’s not important right now.” Ryder nodded and closed his eyes again, and soon his breathing slowed and deepened and he was asleep again.

Lucah rose to his feet, taking me with him again. We both turned when a knock sounded on the door.

“Are you his brother?” a nurse with a dark bun and pink scrubs said in a hushed voice. Lucah nodded. “He’s been asking for you. How about we go out in the hall and talk?” This time Lucah was the one going first, with me following.

The nurse took us down the hall into a little room decorated in bright colors and filled with overly stuffed chairs.

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