Chapter 20
Chapter
Twenty
SEBASTIAN
Iwoke up in excruciating agony, and was sure that I was experiencing another ass-kicking by Bitchmont. Spitting and screaming, my body flailed under the pressure of an indescribable pain. When my eyes finally managed to open, it wasn’t his face that stared into mine. It was Maeve’s.
I tried to push up on my elbows, but she lowered me back down with her splayed palm.
“Shh,” she whispered, holding a finger to her perfect, plump lips. “I’m sorry. I know it hurts, but we still have another two days of travel, and I need to stop the bleeding.”
One of my brows arched. Bleeding? Raising my neck, I looked to where her fingertips touched my skin. She was busy cleaning a wound next to my navel, the gash spurting a consistent flow of blood with each rising breath I took.
I let my head fall back to the ground where I enjoyed the sight of nature for the first time in I didn't even know how long. We were in the forest, and the sky above me was a deep shade of orange, the glare of the sun almost faded into the night.
I heard another voice. One even more familiar than hers.
“How’s it going?” Sawyer asked her as he appeared standing over me. I looked up into his face, and he smiled, wiggling his fingers in a ridiculous wave. “Hey, baby. Long time no see.”
I cleared my throat with a cough. “Hey,” I croaked, choking on the single word.
Biting the inside of my cheek, I recoiled when Maeve added more pressure to the wound. I cursed, closing my eyes and holding my breath to fight back screaming.
“You guys almost done?”
Kade. That was Kade’s voice. He had saved me.
Wait a damn second.
Why the fuck was Maeve here?
I could feel my eyes darken. I fought Maeve's hand trying to hold me down, and I forced myself upright. My anger masked every ounce of pain I felt.
“Why in the gods names did you bring her with you?” I hissed at Sawyer, and instead of giving me a serious answer, he said some typical Sawyer bullshit.
Smirking between Maeve and Kade, he said, “I told you he’d be pissed.”