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Chapter 34 - All Night
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I open my eyes, smiling a little as I watch the military transport pull into camp. Nodding, eager to get my patients loaded onto it, I start to turn –And nearly bang right into Jeanie.She laughs at me, reaching out her hands to steady me as I start to stumble back. “Easy, Nadia,” she says, grinning at me. “You all right?”“Yeah, yeah,” I say, only scowling a little in my embarrassment. “We just need to –““Nad, I’ll handle the transport,” she says, nodding to me, smirking. “You’ve been working all night –““Well, so have you!”“No, I haven’t,” she says, raising her eyebrows at me. “I got five solid hours between midnight and now. You didn’t notice?”I sigh, raising a hand to cover my eyes, wondering if it’s exhaustion or idiocy that made me miss that. “I am very dedicated to my work, Jeanie,” I say, pretending to be stuck up and too cool to care. “I cannot be bothered to notice everyone’s breaks –“She laughs at me and gives my shoulders a fond squeeze before dropping her hands. “Se
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His smirk deepens incrementally as he glances at me from the corner of his eye. Without a word, he returns to his soup.“Fine,” I say, lofty, turning to my own bowl. “If you know me so well, I don’t need to ask questions. Proceed to inform me.” I crumple a bunch of crackers into my soup. “You smug-ass wolf.”He grins, laughing a little. “The patients got to the hospital just fine. A few came in during the day today while you slept, but nothing major. Well, one very broken leg, but the doctor handled it.”I nod, frowning, considering this. “Any kids?”Cole turns to me in surprise. “What?”“Grace noticed it,” I say, raising my chin towards her. “All these women, very few men, not a single child. Not even anyone like…adolescent.”Cole sits straighter and goes a little pale, glancing at Grace. He stays silent for a long moment, his mind clearly working through this information. “Shit,” he whispers, turning to me. “Do you have data on that?”I shrug, even as I narrow my eyes at him, wonder
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I take deep breaths, willing my mind to clear, my blood to stop rushing in my ears, but I still flinch when I feel Shayne’s hands on my shoulders, and then her arm wrapping around me as she trots to keep up.We walk together a few feet in silence, leaving the Prince behind.“Wow, you really let him have it,” she whispers, glancing back.I keep my eyes forward. “Was I too hard?”“Maybe a little bit, Na-na,” she whispers, giving me a squeeze. “But…I get it. It’s a subject that’s close to you. You care.”My head hangs lower, my guilt at war with…with everything in me that I hold dear. The ethics I inherited from my father, the big raw heart from my mother, the desperate desire to do anything I can to help. All mixed up in a big angry lump named Nadia.Tears come to my eyes again. Terribly confused, I slump against Shayne, who gives me a squeeze.&ldq
