Page 32 of The Comeback Road (Leaving #2)
Lexie
I couldn’t help the nausea that kept me on the bridge of consciousness as the world spun in and out of focus, a darkness kept creeping in at the edges of my vision, threatening to take over.
But I kept hearing a voice telling me I needed to stay awake.
I fought hard, and I’d won, and I knew that the mission was a success.
Even if I couldn’t help but slip in and out of awareness as my consciousness kept flickering in and out.
Fragments of the past hour would slip through.
The fighting. Zed being dragged off before we could make it to the car.
Luke refused to leave me to make a grab for Zed.
I remembered screaming until my voice was hoarse as he dragged me away from Zed and those who were taking him.
“We will find him. His best chance is us getting out of here alive. Stop fighting me,” he whispered as my body went limp. We made it to the vehicle with Randolf swearing up a storm behind us, while Laurel was unnaturally silent next to us.
“Someone tipped them off. In all our surveillance, this place has never been this heavily guarded.” She spoke evenly, as if the past few hours hadn’t occurred, with Randolf agreeing beside her.
“It isn’t safe to take her to a hospital in the city. You’ll have to drive. It probably would be better if you didn’t check her into one at all.”
The car we were traveling in hit a bend in the road, causing pain to shoot through my side, and I couldn’t help the sound of agony that escaped my lips. Instead of the voices and conversations seeming far away, I was jolted fully awake and into the present.
“Fuck,” I cursed.
“Do you see how much blood she’s lost? I don’t think we have a choice,” I was awake enough to see Luke’s worried expression, and I gritted my teeth together, trying to sort through everything fully awake.
“I’m fine. I’ve never been stabbed before. Give a girl some time to adjust. We can’t all be 6’5 of Russian insanity.” I hissed out, looking each one of them in the eye, mainly to avoid looking at the wound in my side.
“Doesn’t change the fact that you need a hospital,” Luke reiterated.
“Where are we headed?”
“We’re dropping Randolf and Laurel off at a safe house a few miles away, and then you and I will find the best place to get you treated,” He shot a look toward everyone that meant there would be no room for argument.
“And where are we going, Luke?”
“To Rockland, to Magnolia. She’s our best bet at keeping you out of somewhere public.” I couldn’t help but gasp.
“Absolutely not. I won’t have her in the middle of this,” I attempted to shout at him, but much of my energy was being used to stay awake.
“She doesn’t have a choice, Lex. It’s our best option.” He grimaced at me, but gave me a look that meant there was absolutely no room for discussion.