The Bound Between Us

Chapter 942

The one who falls in love first always loses.

Hanna fell first, so she was destined to lose.

Rowan fell for Anastasia before she ever noticed him-so he lost, too.

Hanna grumbled as she fixed up Rowan's wound yet again.

"Your stitches keep splitting open and healing up, then splitting again. I'm telling you, if it happens one more time, I'm out of tricks. Can't you try taking better care of yourself?"

Rowan's wounds were red and swollen, refusing to heal. Every time the stitches were removed and redone, it just made things worse-more pain for him, and more risk of infection.

Last night, Rowan came home with a fever from an infection, barely able to keep his eyes open.

He'd need at least three months of rest to fully recover, the doctor said.

Hanna's heart ached for him, but she was secretly a little relieved, too.

She hated seeing him suffer, but his injury meant he had to stay put. She could watch over him every day.

Her hands were gentle, doing her best not to hurt him.

Rowan didn't make a sound the whole time. His mind was somewhere else, lost in memories of Anastasia's embrace he could almost feel her scent and warmth still lingering in the air.

Anastasia finally met up with Herman.

she ran over and jumped into his arms, laughing. Herman caught her

do you want for dinner tonight? I'm

grinned and teased, "What could possibly taste better than you?" She was in

little minx," Herman said, giving her waist a squeeze, eyes full of affection. "Keep it up and

like a koala, getting more than a

how open-minded people claim to be, there are always some who think

where corsets are history, some folks

was happy and

challenged,

looked at her, amused and helpless. His little wife

said, already thinking up a dozen

helped her inside, then hit the gas and headed out of town, driving until they reached a quiet patch of

golden light slanting through the trees and scattering shadows over the

else around. Before long, Herman's car started rocking, soft

time the moon was up, nearly two hours had passed before

across Herman's chest, catching her

It was Flynn.

putting it on speaker. Flynn's

mean, the guy's got guts. Who says no to Mr. Walker? The man

had just heard the news and couldn't wait

but now... maybe he

and glanced at Herman for