Wanted: Fevered or Alive (Fevered Hearts #6) by Long Heather

Author:Long, Heather [Long, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-02-26T08:00:00+00:00

Jason

Flying K

Awareness snapped through Jason and he opened his eyes. Light flooded his room—and it was his room. He recognized the hardwood furnishings and framed maps on the wall. Pain cramped his left shoulder and radiated down his arm and across his chest.

“Hey.” Buck appeared in his line of sight, the man’s flat features and dark eyes filled with concern. “Noah got the bullet out and repaired most of the damage, but it’s going to hurt for a while yet. Something about the way he knitted the tissue back together.”

The words registered slowly. He’d been shot. Olivia…

“She’s right next to you.” Buck pointed.

Turning his head, he discovered she was the source of the pressure on his right side. She slept with her head on his shoulder and her tumble of wild black curls spilled over his chest. Shadows darkened the circles beneath her eyes and she was pale, too pale. Jason grimaced and shifted. She’d been right behind him… Was she hurt?

“Scared,” Buck told him. “But brave as hell. She and Cody had to walk for hours before Micah and Jimmy got there to give her a ride back, but she is a lot tougher than she looks. Cody said to tell you to take very good care of her or we’ll be required to beat the hell out of you.” Humor, sharp in its relief, erased any harshness from the warning. “He likes her.”

Blade?

“Dead. You took him out before you collapsed.”

Jason nodded. That was acceptable. He barely remembered the moment, it happened when he lingered to long in the mind of the dying. It was as though the other’s death tried to suck him down with them. All that was important was Olivia was okay. Masterson?

“No sign of him that I know of. Jimmy and Cody are back out there. I need to send word to your family that you’re awake—” Buck paused. “But I’ll a wait a bit and give you two some privacy.”

Buck?

“Yes?”

“Thank you.” It came out more a croak than a pair of words. Oddly, he’d wanted to say them. Buck’s offer of friendship, no matter how unusual, had proven valuable. He owed a similar debt to Cody, if not more. The Morning Star brother had saved Olivia twice.

“You’re welcome. Before I go, there’s something you should know.” He kept his voice pitched low and soft. Olivia didn’t so much as stir, her soft breaths feathering against Jason’s neck and her hand spread over his chest as though shielding his heart. The touch reminded him she was there, alive and with him.

Don’t wake her. He concentrated. Tell me this way.

A brief grin softened the hard lines of Buck’s face. Very well. You told me she brings you peace, that you can’t hear her this way as you do all of us.

He waited a beat and Jason realized he wanted confirmation. Yes.

Buck transferred his gaze to the sleeping woman cuddled to Jason’s side. We have a theory, or at least my father does.

You’ve heard from him? Not

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