Working Out West by Lila Rose

Author:Lila Rose [Rose, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lila Rose

Chapter Eleven

Adrik

My chest felt like it was torn wide open so everyone could see the split, bleeding, damaged heart, which only still beat for the man lying on his stomach on the mattress. A part of me wanted to crawl into the bed with West, curl myself around him, and protect him from the rest of the world for life.

No, that was not true. It was not a part of me that wanted to do it. It was all of me.

I could not get his screams out of my head from when we had carried him into the house. They rang through my mind over and over, along with all his others from when we had found him. Lucas had given him a mild sedative as soon as we got into the room. I never left his side the whole time, and I would stay always, ignoring the acid burning in my gut.

My sweet West did not warrant the treatment he went through. Fury lit under my skin, burning me with the thought of how his parents had done this.

“The church,” I stated softly.

“What?” Kylo asked, also in a hushed tone, from where he stood beside me. I could feel Lucas’s eyes on me from my other side.

“I will have my men investigate the church where those people attended,” I answered.

Kylo hummed. “Good fuckin’ idea. We need to make sure those two weren’t the only cunts like that. I’m sure the brothers will help with that.”

I nodded once. “We will work together.”

“I-I need a shower,” Lucas whispered. It had been hard on him assisting West with the wounds, but I could see the strength he held within himself.

“I will stay with him,” I told Lucas.

“I’ll go talk to the brothers about the church.”

“Have someone speak with Dimitri when he returns.”

Kylo gently slapped my back. “I will.” He exited the room, quietly closing the door behind him.

Lucas stayed a little longer, and I waited him out, knowing he had something to say. He sucked in a shuddering breath. “I’m glad you were here today, Adrik. If you hadn’t been, we might not have got to him in time. We might have walked away.” He sniffed. “It’ll be a long healing process, not only physically, but mentally.”

“I will help him.”

“I know you will. But what I’m saying is that he might not want you around when he wakes and is fully with it. He won’t want to be a burden. He won’t want you to see him like this. You’ll need to be persistent.”

“Nothing will have me leave him. Not now.” Not ever. West was mine. If I had not been stubborn in the first place, none of this would have happened. I would have had him with me, at my side, protecting him. “I fucked up.”

“How?”

“I should have gone after him sooner.”

Lucas shook his head. “No one would have seen this coming.”

“I could have. If I had come to him sooner.”

“Don’t blame yourself. West won’t want that.”

It was too late. Even so, I would do everything in my power to make it up to him.

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