Getting Marcus out of that wood was a nightmare. He was bleeding everywhere, his shirt ruined and sticking to his skin, but I didn’t care. I just kept him on his feet, my arm hooked tight under his armpit, half-carrying him until we found my car hidden near the road. The drive to the building was silent. Every time I looked over at him, he was getting paler, and my heart felt like it was going to stop. I needed to get him to the only place that felt like home, the only place where I knew we were safe: Vale Enterprises.************I don’t even remember getting him up to the top floor. We must have looked like a mess, but the security team knew not to ask questions when they saw my face. We got into my office, and I kicked the door shut behind us. and for the first time in twenty-four hours, I could breathe.But as soon as the door shut, the adrenaline left me, and everything else came crashing down. Ethan was in the hospital, my life was basically a war zone, and I felt like I was lo
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