Page 136 of Merciless Obsession

Her room was silent besides the machines she was hooked up to. The lights were low in the room so they wouldn’t bother Ziora when she woke up. Lucas was sure she suffered a concussion and the light would make it worse.

A low groan came from Ziora, she attempted to move and cried out.

“Careful, Bumblebee,” I whispered, standing and hovering over her.

Inaya was on the other side anxiously staring down at her friend.

It took a few minutes for her eyes to flutter open. She looked confused at first. Her face twisted up. Blinking a couple times, she shifted her eyes around until they landed on Inaya then bounced over to me. She went to speak but another groan fell from her mouth instead.

“Hold on, boo. Don’t push yourself,” Inaya said.

Ziora closed her eyes and took a couple breaths before slowly blinking them open again. “Wha-what.” She coughed.

I bit the inside of my cheek. I shot Lucas a text letting him know Ziora had woken up then tossed my phone on the chair I was sitting in. Reaching down I grabbed her hand and enveloped it between mine.

“You were in a car accident, Bumblebee. You’re in the hospital now,” I explained.

The confusion on her face didn’t clear up.

“I feel like shit,” she croaked.

“You look like it too,” Inaya joked, causing Ziora to laugh before wincing.

“Don’t make her laugh right now.” I glared at Inaya. “Lucas was the one who operated on you so you had the best care.”

“It hurts.”

I scanned her body from her head to her feet. “What hurts?”

She coughed again. “Everything.”

The door opened and Lucas stepped in the room.

“She’s in pain,” I announced before he could speak.

His eyes fell on Ziora. He made his way over and checked the machines. “She can get another round of meds shortly. First, I need to examine her.”

I didn’t want to leave her side, but Lucas wouldn’t allow me to interfere with his checkup. Right now he wasn’t my brother, but a doctor checking his patient. I trusted my brother but I still watched closely as he checked her out.

Seeing the once perfect, blemish-free body now covered in bruises that would soon be scars had me wanting to put my hand through a wall. I was trying hard to keep my composure but the more I stared at her, the harder it got.

Ziora kept her eyes locked on me while Lucas checked her out. When Lucas asked her if she remembered what happened, she said no. Apparently the last thing she remembered was eating with Inaya. Lucas explained Ziora’s injuries to her and she couldn’t hide how distraught she felt listening to everything she encountered.

“We’re going to keep you for the next week.”

I spoke up. “Can’t she stay at your clinic instead?” Lucas turned to face me. “It’s more than equipped and I don’t like how exposed she is here.”

“Exposed?” Ziora asked.

We hadn’t told her that she was targeted yet.

Lucas stared at me for a long while.

“I—” Her mouth closed and she looked at me.

Inaya spoke up. “I think that would be best too.”

Ziora’s mouth turned upside down. “What’s going on?”