Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

363. Rueben - ER

Olivia's coughs wakes up all of us. Not that I was sleeping, to begin with, but I did manage to close my eyes after a long day at work. Catching runaway criminals is not always easy, but Mose joined my little team and is a better bounty hunter than I initially thought. He can run and he can aim.

Tyson and Ansel are snuggled against Olivia, and she buries her head into the pillow, not wanting to disturb us, making me snort softly.

It's been three days since we fucked, danced, and fucked so more under the rain, and Olivia fell sick that night. Since then, she's been gradually feeling worse and worse, to the point where she started having chest pain right before we went to bed. We insisted on taking her to the ER, but she was too stubborn to listen. She only wanted a cup of herbal tea before going to bed.

Jasper made her ginger tea with honey, and for about an hour, she felt good-until she started coughing again.

I hate to admit it, but Jasper was right when he said that Olivia would catch a cold.

A new round of coughs starts.

Jasper mutters under his breath before kicking the blanket to the side, quickly getting out of bed. After turning on the light, he says, "We're going to the hospital. End of discussion!" He leaves Olivia no room for protests.

Olivia sits on the mattress, leans her head against Tyson's shoulder, and coughs harder. Tyson rubs her back. "Water," she croaks.

Mose jumps out of bed and rushes out of the room.

"We are leaving in five minutes," Jasper says as he quickly puts on shorts and a tank top.

I

I get up and go directly to change my clothes. Most of us either sleep naked or, in Olivia's case, she likes to wear one of our t-shirts.

it to Olivia. She quickly drinks from it. "Can you give me some Tylenol?" she

finish zipping my pants and say,

loudly, taking

"I only need a good night's sleep, and I'll be

says, and we all know what he means by that he wants Jasper to carry Olivia to the car. It's strange how we started understanding Mose's demon

busy coughing and can't put up a fight-in his arms and gets out of bed. "Get me something to wear," he says over his shoulder as he disappears down the hallway, butt-naked. I grab him a pair of pants, a t-shirt, and a pair of flip-flops and

the cabin, I grab the car keys from the key rack. The others are right behind me. Diva is sleeping on the sofa, but all the commotion wakes her. "Stay," I tell her as I step on the porch. She won't like it, but the hospital is not a place

keys from my hand before walking past me. There's a sense of

back doors, gets Olivia

the engine and speed off to the

I grab the steering wheel hard, internally cursing Maddox for betraying our friendship.

gas pedal and drive even

Tyson is already out, Olivia in his arms. The others rush after them, and I remain behind, but I hate hospitals. They smell odd, and there are always people pleading for are pleading

Talking about addictions...

pockets around. When I don't find what I need, I open the car and look inside the glove compartment. The pack of nicotine gum is under one of my handguns. I grab it and pop two gum into my mouth. Tyson and Ansel could quit smoking right away, but I still crave cigarettes, especially after I kill someone. So, I resorted to

is seriously sick, I don't know what the fuck I'll do. Probably threaten all

I once felt for her has now been completely replaced by love. I never

on chairs in the waiting area. Jasper has his

"And Olivia?" I ask.

towards the treatment area. "The doctor is with her. We were asked to wait here

take my phone out to keep myself occupied while we wait for the doctor to tell us why Olivia is coughing so badly. I suspect she has pneumonia again, but I could very well be wrong. Ciro is online in the chat group, and I start talking to

figure out Senator

city in two weeks. I can 'arrange'