“We won’t know the extent of the damage until he wakes up. The fact that the doctor hedged brought all of Rafe’s worries back to the forefront.

It was Vin who asked the question Rafe couldn’t manage to get past his lips.

“I’ll have a nurse take you up once they have him settled.” He broke his leg in two places and he’s got a couple of cracked ribs but obviously the head injury is our biggest concern.” “He made it through surgery and they’re taking him to the ICU now. “He’s stable,” the doctor responded and the rush of relief that went through him was so powerful that his knees actually buckled and Dom’s bracing arm was the only thing that kept him upright. “How is he?” Rafe asked before the doctor could even introduce himself. Rafe jumped off the bed when he recognized the stern looking man as the one who’d told him Cade would need surgery. “He will,” Dom said firmly, his tone brokering no argument.ĭom stayed with him while the stitches were put in and just as the doctor finished up, another doctor entered the room, Vin right behind him. “What if he doesn’t make it, Dom?” he heard himself asking. Tears threatened again as he remembered the stitches Cade had done on his arm – the ones after the first time he’d saved his life. Rafe wasn’t thrilled to hear he’d need stitches for a gash on his cheek but at least they’d be done with the benefit of numbing drugs instead of liquor this time. The doctor interrupted with several questions as he finished up his exam. Rafe nodded, thankful there wouldn’t be yet another reason for weirdness between them. “No,” Dom said quickly as he shook his head. Luckily the doctor continued his examination and then drew his shirt back down.Ī disturbing thought went through Rafe and he asked Dom, “Were you and he ever…” He hoped to God the man didn’t ask about the scars because he didn’t really want Dom to see them. “He’s been doing it off and on for a long time but he finally quit for good earlier this year,” Dom answered.Īs the stethoscope traveled to his back, he sensed the doctor pause. A stethoscope was placed on his chest and he inhaled deeply when the doctor asked him to. “I didn’t know he smoked,” Rafe said as his breathing started to normalize. When I told him I didn’t smoke he starts searching the guys he’d just beaten the shit out of.” “Then he steps over one guy and asks me if he can bum a smoke.

“I didn’t even have to lift a finger because the last two guys took off running when he finished off three more guys by himself.” Dom laughed. A smile skated over Rafe’s lips at the image.

Saving Ren by Sloane Kennedy