* As soon as we arrived at the hospital..I rushed through the halls, tears streaking my face. Caiden needed me and fear lit inside me like a wildfire burning out of control. * Where is he? * I stopped at a nurse's station and and pounded on the surface. * Ma'am you need to calm down. * No. Where's my cousin? His name is Caiden Bauer. He needs to know I'm here. * The nurse tilted her head. * I said calm down. I'll see what I can find out. Wait here. Calmly. * I watched her walk off and felt a hand on my back. Sabre. * Hey she's right. You need to breath and stay calm. * I shook with my fear and grief of not knowing and burst into tears all over again. I never cried..I couldn't understand all this emotion, but I loved Caiden. He'd taken care of me when I lost my mother, then my father and his parents years later. He'd been my rock, my biggest supporter, and my protector. At 18 years old he'd taken in a 12 year old girl and raised me to be what I am today. I owed him. * The hairs prickled on the back of my neck and I looked up into a pair of dark eyes. He was gorgeous, but I sucked that shit back. I didn't have time for it. I was here for Caiden. Galen spoke. * Hey Quinn, Jericho around? * I looked at the male..wolf now that I got my senses and calmed down. I could see it. He was 100% predator. * He's with Gina in with Caiden. He can only have two visitors at a time. * I frowned and stepped forward. Damn what did they feed the guys up here. He was huge. I looked up at him and he looked down at me, keeping his face clear of expression. I started to ask about my cousin, when the nurse came over, with a doctor. He held out his hand.* I'm doctor Bachman. I'm Caiden's doctor. * I shook his hand and tears rimmed my eyes again. Damnit. I hated crying. He looked down at me.* He's in ICU and has limited visitors. Are you next of kin? * I nodded. * Yes. Kristen Bauer. We're all each other has. * He nodded. * He's stable. Has a severe concussion and hasn't woken up yet, but his brain is testing on the right wavelengths, so looks good. For now. We're still running test every few hours, but we'll know more when he wakes up. He also has several fractures. Two being ribs. We went on and operated because he had a collapsed lung and some internal bleeding. But we have him stabilized. So far we haven't had any complications. * I let out a relieved breath and shook his hand again.* Thank you Doctor, Bachman. * He smiled and patted my cheek. * I'll go get one of the others so you can go back and after your visit, any spare moment. You'll need go down to billing and sign a few things and give them his insurance information. But no rush on that. Just focus on Caiden and his recovery. * I nodded and Sabre held my hand as we waited. Soon a big guy walked out and walked up to me. * Kristen? * I nodded and he gave me a sympathetic smile. * I'm Gabriel Jericho. Caiden is strong. He's gonna make it through this. * I nodded again. * I want to know what happened. I mean everything... * not leaving any room for refusal.*...but first..I'm going to check on my cousin. * With that I walked off through the double doors that lead to my cousin's ICU room. I stepped inside to see my cousin's prone firm lying still on the bed. Machines beeping and pumping air. I teared up all over again. * Oh Caiden. I sniffled and noticed a beautiful redhead holding his hand. Her eyes glistening with tears she'd shed. She looked up as I approached. * I'm Kristen. You must be Gina. * She nodded, wiping her cheeks. * I am. Nice to finally meet you. Wish it was under better circumstances. * I looked her over. * Me too. I can see why he's so infatuated. You're beautiful. * She scoffed and I stepped up to my cousin's bed. *
* As soon as we arrived at the hospital..I rushed through the halls, tears streaking my face. Caiden needed me and fear lit inside me like a wildfire burning out of control. * Where is he? * I stopped at a nurse's station and and pounded on the surface. * Ma'am you need to calm down. * No. Where's my cousin? His name is Caiden Bauer. He needs to know I'm here. * The nurse tilted her head. * I said calm down. I'll see what I can find out. Wait here. Calmly. * I watched her walk off and felt a hand on my back. Sabre. * Hey she's right. You need to breath and stay calm. * I shook with my fear and grief of not knowing and burst into tears all over again. I never cried..I couldn't understand all this emotion, but I loved Caiden. He'd taken care of me when I lost my mother, then my father and his parents years later. He'd been my rock, my biggest supporter, and my protector. At 18 years old he'd taken in a 12 year old girl and raised me to be what I am...