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.

laughing. Herman

what do you want for dinner tonight? I'm taking

She was in such a good

said, giving her waist a squeeze, eyes full of affection. "Keep it up and I might

him like a koala, getting more than a

be, there are always

some folks are still trapped in

less. She was happy and wanted to share

chest and challenged, "Who's afraid of who,

just looked at her, amused and helpless. His little wife was really

in the car," he said, already thinking up a dozen

opened the door and helped her inside, then hit the gas and headed out of town, driving until they reached

slanting through the trees

Herman's car started

nearly two hours had passed before the car was

Herman's chest, catching her breath, when

It was Flynn.

putting it on speaker. Flynn's

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

heard the news and

before, but now... maybe

confused and glanced at