Page 53 of Feral

“What do you need?”

“Wait for me.”

“No, love. You need to rest.”

He shakes his head, opening his eyes fully. “Whatever she gave me is working fast.”

I frown. “But you’re still hurt.”

“I don’t care, Hale.” He pulls himself upright. “I want to go too.”

“There’s going to be a lot of violence.”

His eyes harden as his jaw twitches. “They tried to kill me. I want to be there for what you do to them. I’ll stay back, but I’m going too.”

As much as I’d like to shield him and keep him safely locked away, the fight in him is a massive turn-on. “You’re sure you’re up to it?”

He nods. “I can handle it. I’ll sleep when we get back.”

“Very well. I’ll help you get dressed. I grabbed some of your things from your apartment.”

A genuine smile pulls at his lips. “That was thoughtful.”

“All I think about is you.”

Yannis flips the blankets back and carefully climbs out of bed. He’s moving slowly, but whatever was in that drink Viv gave him is definitely working. He manages to get himself into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and I help him get his shoes on. His beautiful face is marred by cuts and bruises, but I can tell he’s feeling stronger overall.

“Let’s do this,” he says.

“My family is waiting for us.”

We head out to the common area where everyone is gathered, and they all stop talking, more than surprised to see Yannis upright and walking.

“He wanted to go with us.”

Vivienne whistles. “Wow. You’re a tough one.”

Yannis shrugs. “Thank you for helping me. Whatever that was is working.”

“You still need to be cautious,” she says. “You have some cracked ribs in there.”

“And lots of bruised organs,” Viper adds.

“I’m not doing anything but watching my man rip those fuckers apart.”

Thorn cracks his knuckles with a maniacal grin on his face. “Fuck yeah. Let’s go spill some blood.”

Yves is watching me and Yannis with a concerned look on his face. I think I know what he’s thinking.

“Yannis knows what we are.”

Yves nods. “I see.”

“It doesn’t bother me,” Yannis says. “I think it’s cool.”

I rub his back, smiling briefly before getting back to the issue at hand. “We’re looking for two men, Vito and Pippo.”

“Vito started it,” Yannis says.