Zane: #7 (Allen Securities) Read online

  “They’d have moved it by the time the cops got there,” Bryce said.

  He could see his palms clenching the more he thought about it. Zane reached over and placed a hand on his shoulder.

  “We’ll get them,” he said. “We’re not letting them get away with this. This shit is killing people, and we can’t just let it go.”

  Bryce nodded.

  “Agreed,” Cage said. “Things aren’t going to get any better unless we start taking out the trash.”

  Zane felt a little better after the talk, knowing that he could count on the people around him to not only save his ass, but everyone in the city as well. It made him proud to be a part of an organization like this.

  Ellen glanced at him from the nurses’ station, and he nodded to the men before making his way over. She needed him.

  She stepped away from the station feeling only slightly better than she did before.

  “How is she?” Zane asked.

  She offered a weak smile. “They administered several doses of Narcan,” she said. “It’s used to help nullify the effects. Right now she’s on full life support, but it seems like she’ll make it. We got here just in time. The doctor said when she’s better he can recommend some good treatment facilities.”

  Zane wrapped his arms around her and pulled her against him. She hugged him until she heard him grunt loudly.

  Ellen slipped her arms from around his tender ribs and frowned. “Zoe is safe. Now it’s your turn. I’m sure some must be broken.”

  He shook his head and when she was about to protest, he pulled her back against him in an even tighter hug.

  “Not yet,” he said. “I’m not ready to let you go yet.”

  Ellen placed her cheek against his warm chest and just listened to his heart under her ear. It had been close. She didn’t know how close things usually came for him, but she’d never been more certain that they were all going to die in the most horrific way possible than she had been earlier.

  “I don’t know what I would have done…” Zane said.

  His words trailed off as he sucked in a deep breath. She could hear the ache in his voice and knew he was feeling the same way she was.

  Ellen pulled back and stared up at him.

  “It didn’t happen,” she said. “We just have to keep telling ourselves that. It didn’t happen.”

  Zane gave a small nod and pulled her in for a soft kiss. This wasn’t a kiss with hunger or passion. This was a kiss that reached into her very soul. This was a kiss with love.

  “I love you,” he said when they’d pulled apart. “I will always love you, and if you’re pregnant, I’ll love our child as well.”

  Tears pricked at the corner of her eyes, and she dashed them away with her hands.

  Zane reached out and cupped her face between his hands. “I always thought I’d just go back to the way things were before all this. Back to a life of no meaning. A life of no love.” He shook his head. “I need you in my life. Always and forever.”

  Ellen turned and kissed his palm, her eyes drifting closed as she did so. “Then let’s start new. Let’s start new together.”

  He leaned down and kissed her again.

  She smiled. “I love you, too.”

  A Note from Madison

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  Author Bio

  Madison currently lives with her husband and two children in the Valley of the Sun in Arizona. After leaving the frozen tundra of the north, she was more surprised than anyone with how much she has enjoyed living in the desert. Seeing as she stated on more than one occasion before moving to Arizona how much she hated heat, it was an odd move, but it seems her hatred for sub-zero temperatures and ice has won out in the end.

  When she’s not writing, she’s enjoying time with her family. Madison and her family frequent festivals in the area, as well as local cultural events, and spend time with family in the area. In the summer, she is most likely to be found in the pool with the family and in the winter by the fireplace. Since both her children are autistic, days can be a little chaotic, but with her husband beside her, there’s nothing she can’t handle.

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