Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Chapter 64

| lean into Bronx and snuggle into the crook of his arm, draping my arm over his chest. He takes his hand and weakly pats me on the arm.

 

“Baby, | need you to hear me out. Okay?” his voice is still scratchy and quiet.

 

“Bronx, you need to rest,” | protest.

 

“Don't worry, she put plenty of morphine in that drip, I'll be asleep soon, but | have to get this out first. Please.”

 

| sit up so | can look him in the eye.

 

“| fucked up, Kas. | should have told you what was going on,” he tells me all about his theory of my visions having to do with Ryan and that | needed to be distressed to have one. He thought it was going to be the only way to get ahead of Ryan and stop him from whatever he was planning after the packhouse fire. So he and Milo cooked up an insane plan to trigger a vision and set it into action. They knew the rogue attacks were a distraction being planned by Ryan, but they needed proof.

 

"The last rogue we interrogated said they were waiting for you to shift so they could alert their master and he could catch you. So, Milo intentionally weakened our defenses on the northeast border. When you shifted, we chased you and drove you in that direction. All we had to do was herd Lex to that area without her knowing. It worked exactly to our plan, except for the part where | fell off a cliff. His words were soft and slurry as the morphine started to take effect.

 

"Go to sleep, Bronx. You've given me a lot to think about here. We'll talk about how mad | am when you're out of intensive care."

 

He nodded and closed his eyes, “I’m so sorry, Kas. I’m supposed to protect you not hurt-”

 

snores before he finishes but he said

 

that lunatic to attack

 

least and I’m not going to let Lex lose her shit again. | push her to the back of my mind

 

have to agree with it. There are a ton of other ways he and Milo could have handled

 

Delilah. They made her spy on me. Now | have doubts as to whether her friendship

 

is going to be napping for a while. He won't miss me. | quietly call Marco, who takes me back down the hallway. The doctor comes into my room half an hour later and does a quick cneck-up. Lex healed me while |

 

much | appreciate your patience with me. You're the best warriors a girl

with you, I'm going to tell Bronx | want you two to train me. Like, actual training, not just defensive. | need to know how to protect myself in all situations. Maybe

 

it would be an honor. |

 

course, what

 

didn’t want to have to keep tabs

 

get the Alpha out of the

 

would mean a lot to me and

 

an hour. | sit in front of the vanity for a minute, looking at my reflection. For someone who slept for two days,

 

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