Page 97 of Protected Promise

He stared at me in shock. “You’re better. Much improved, even since this morning.”

I threw my arms around him feeling all the tension cording the muscles across his back. I hated that I had worried him so much.

“And you can stop shooting daggers at Abby. She didn’t do this. Cadence and Abby have only tried to help me.”

“You trust them? After everything that’s happened?”

I looked over at Abby. She was standing on the other side of the bed looking pale and terrified. I gave her an encouraging smile.

“I do. I can’t explain it, but despite everything, I trust them both with my life.”

Abby beamed but didn’t dare say a word.

Landon shook his head. “But they could be…”

I placed my hand on his cheek and gently guided his lips to mine. His body shuddered.

“I can’t risk being wrong about them. You almost died. That girl almost killed you,” he said.

“I’m not wrong about them. Cadence is recovering down the hall because she healed me, Landon. Look at me,” I said twirling around before him. “I feel great.”

He looked so torn between concerned and ecstatic.

I wrapped my arms around his waist.

“She tried to poison you,” he said softly as he gently ran his hand up and down my spine. His light touch caused me to shiver, but certainly not in a bad way.

“I know,” I said squeezing him tighter.

“You had it confirmed?” Abby asked.

Landon nodded. “Water hemlock.”

Abby gasped. “No.”

“Confirmed by a toxicology report.”

“But that’s the worst one of all.” She stared at me in amazement. “You shouldn’t even be alive today. That is lethal. We need to check your wolf, right now.”

Landon let me go and nodded. “She’s right.”

“She’s fine,” I insisted.

“We have to be sure,” Abby said. “You need to shift. We have to make certain Cadence healed her too.”

I groaned and rolled my eyes. I thought they were over exaggerating, but to appease them both, I stripped out of my clothes and shifted. I’d done it several times since I’d come to, allowing her to heal me faster. They weren’t being rational.

“May I?” Abby asked.

I nodded, but then realized she was looking to Landon for confirmation.

“Yes, please,” he finally said. I could feel his tension though. He clearly wasn’t happy about the situation.

Abby was in clinical mode and got right to work checking me over. I grunted when she shined a bright light in my eyes. The rest was pretty painless.

“She’s fine. It’s like a miracle or something,” Abby finally said.

I shifted back. “See I told you. And after Cadence’s healing, I feel completely normal.”