Come Home

Chapter 19

Alice woke up to insistent beeping and groaned.

"There you are," A deep voice said as Alice slowly opened her eyes. "Good afternoon, Miss Gates."

"Doc Roberts?" Alice crocked, "you are still alive?"

Dr. Roberts burst out laughing, "yes little lady I am. I would say it's good to see you after all these years but I wish it were under better circumstances."

"Fucking hell," she groaned as she tried to sit up, but it felt like her skin was being pulled apart. "I'm dying, aren't I?"

Dr. Roberts chuckled, "No, you aren't, but you must remain still so you can heal. That was a very risky thing you did, little lady. Very risky, where did you learn something like that?"

"From me."

"Meine Liebe (My Love)," Alice gasped as Jasper rushed to side. "You're here, you're really here."

"I'll go get your pain medicine," Dr. Roberts said leaving the room.

"Of course I would be here," he said as he wiped the tear from her cheek. "I'm so proud of you but I'm still going to whoop that ass as soon as you are better. Don't you ever scare me like that again, you hear me?" he growled and she smiled up at him. "You are not going to any more meetings until we are with you, got it Little Girl?"

"Yes Master," she beamed as she nuzzled his hand. "You're here." She sighed happily as he kissed her forehead then frowned, "You're still in military clothes."

"I wish I could stay, Pet, but I can't," he said honestly as he sat beside her on the hospital bed. "They only granted me leave until tomorrow."

"And My King?" she asked nervously.

"He was in court when we got the phone call. He's on a red eye right now but he can't stay either. He notified the judge about you being in the hospital, so he was granted a 24-hour recess but then he has to go back. We are coming back as soon as we can, I promise."

"I know," she nodded, "just glad you came."

"Let's roll you over so I can see," Jasper said as he stood. She carefully rolled onto her stomach, and he lifted her gown. "Oh Pet," he whispered as he barely grazed his fingers over the stitches across the bottom of her back. "I swear if he wasn't already dead..."

"What?" She asked confused.

"My cousins kill him," Raven said as he came into the room.

Jasper pulled the blanket back over her and lowered the railing so he could sit with her head in his lap. "What happened?" She murmured as Jasper began to run his fingers through her hair.

"May I explain?" Owen said as he stood in the doorway.

"Yes," Jasper nodded.

"When Graves grabbed you from Raven and you screamed for him, his cousins heard you. Raven didn't know at the time that his cousins were there. They heard you and Raven scream so once they were free from fighting other prisoners, they started to head towards you. At the same time, Graves had you and Nathan didn't have a clear way to get to you. North could tell that you were starting to panic and needed you to calm down. You always did think better when you were pissed off, so he knew he needed to make you mad. By calling you his name for you, he knew it would trigger you enough to think of how to get out the hold Graves had on you, and it worked. That hip move you did gave Nathan just enough room for him to get to Graves and pin him down. Unfortunately, when he cut you, you slipped on your own blood and hit your head. North tried to upset you again in order to keep you awake but you lost too much blood by then and passed out. While he and Axel were trying to apply pressure to your cut, Raven's cousins got ahold of Graves and well in the chaos of assessing who needed to go to the hospital and making sure everyone was accounted for, well, Graves was soon found dead in his cell from blunt force trauma and blood loss."

"Good," Alice mumbled as Dr. Roberts came back into the room.

"Alright, this will make you drowsy, Little One," he said as he inserted something into her IV. "Although it looks like you are pretty comfy already."

"Il Mio Cuore (My Heart)!" Alice looked up and beamed as Jackson rushed over to her and Jasper. "Oh Il Mio Cuore."

"My King," She barely whispered as he dropped to his knees and kissed her softly. "Don't you ever fucking scare me like that again, do you hear me? You ever try to go to another prison without me or Jasper again and I'll wear that ass out you won't be able to sit for a fucking month."

"I promise," She nodded.

"Good girl," they said at the same time.

"I'll bring in another bed," Dr. Roberts said. "Come along Owen and Raven, you need to go let the others know that she is awake and give them some time together since their time is limited."