Taste of Wolves

Chapter 46

In the middle of the night, she'd woken up from whatever drug the doctor had given her. She immediately looked around the room and began calling out for Rane. He jerked awake hearing his name and looked over to where she was laying with tears running down her pale face.

"I'm here, Lil Bit. I'm here. Calm down." He tried to soothe her.

"Rane..." She called out again making him stand up, lean over, and kiss her gently on the lips.

"Baby, I'm here. You're safe." He stated, "We've dealt with the bastards who kidnapped you."

"You...you're here." She stuttered.

"Of course, I'm here Lil Bit. There's nowhere else I'd rather be than by your side. You need to calm down before you pull stitches or something." He stated as the nurse came in to check up on her.

The nurse checked all her vitals before moving her blanket to check on the stitches to her stomach. After writing some notes in her chart, the nurse told her to be careful because she was almost pulling her stitches again. Quinn told the nurse he'd make sure she was more careful. The plump nurse asked how her pain levels were and Quinn hated hearing that she was in pain but it was expected with all her injuries and all she'd gone through. The nurse promised she'd talk to the doctor about giving her another round of pain medicine making Aria thank her as she sniffled.

"Lay back, baby, and get some rest. I'm not going anywhere." Quinn told her.

Aria sniffled again, "I was so scared. I thought you'd never find me."

"I'd have gone to the pits of hell to find you and bring you home, Lil Bit. Nothing or no one will ever keep me from you." Quinn pushed some of her pink hair aside before leaning down and kissing her forehead.

"I love you, Rane." She yawned.

"I love you too, Aria. Try to calm down and get some sleep. I'll be here when you wake up." He gave her hand a squeeze.

The nurse walked in with a syringe and told them the doctor gave the go-ahead for another round of pain medication making Quinn thank her as he sat back down in his chair. He watched as she interjected the clear liquid into Aria's IV line. It didn't take long for the medicine to take effect and put Aria to sleep. Quinn did his best to go back to sleep but his mind kept going back to her when they found her and his anger bubbled up to the surface making him want to fight someone. They had mistreated his 'ol lady. Although he was sure Happy had made them suffer for it, he was still angry about the whole ordeal. He finally leaned his head on the side of her bed and closed his eyes hoping to get a little cat nap while she was sleeping. Not once did he let her hand go even as he slept.

Sometime later, he woke up and noticed her breakfast being brought in to her. He stretched his back and neck, both hurting from how he'd slept, and gently shook her awake. She didn't want to wake up and that bothered him. She finally opened her eyes making him sigh with relief. He urged her to eat citing it would help her body heal up from her ordeal. She had no appetite and just pushed the food around on her tray. As she was "eating", Gemma arrived. She asked how Aria was doing so Quinn told her everything he knew including how she'd woken up in the middle of the night asking for him and how she needed more pain medicine. The Matriarch just nodded as he explained how the night had gone.

They chatted about her injuries and how Tara had told her the stab wound would most likely scar. Aria frowned hearing this not wanting scars to mar her body. Quinn chuckled and said he'd have Happy draw her up a tattoo to cover it making her eyes light up at the idea. "I want a butterfly. Colorful." Aria told the pair making Quinn nod his head and Gemma smile. He promised he'd have Happy draw up a colorful butterfly for her that would cover the scar. She smiled up at him as the nurse came back in to take her vitals once more. It was annoying Aria but she remained quiet while Gemma and Quinn talked about her not wanting to eat her breakfast.