Drift Queen (ON HOLD)

Chapter 31 We're going to the Middle East

Third pov

Elise woke up sitting foot to foot with the girl they rescued. Her head was pounding and she watched with bleary eyes as one of the men from before (Brian) crouched beside her.

"How are you feeling? Nausea, headache?" He really did look worried.

"My head feels like it's been through a blender."

He frowned before handing her an energy bar. "Here, se if you can eat this. You might have a concussion and you will need to take it easy."

She gave him a weak smile. "Thanks."
She nibbled on the bar while they all waited for Ramsey to wake up. Han stood close to her.

"How's your shoulder?"

"The one thing that hurts the least at the moment." She mumbled before giving his hand a squeeze. "I'll be fine."

The others watched their interactions. They knew that the girl wasn't Giselle and for a short while some of them had figured he wanted someone he could get over the over Giselle with. But when she was kidnapped. How distraught he was, their reunion... It couldn't be anything but real.

When Rome made a comment about hackers Elise cracked a smile at the insulted look on Tej face.

"Hello Kitty is awake." Letty muttered from where she stood.

While Brian asked the now awake Ramsey how she was, Elise let Han help her sit up more.

"I don't know whether to thank you for saving me or kick your ass for throwing me off a cliff."

Elise smiled at that.

"Thank us or kick our ass, huh?" Dom came over to them from where he had been standing. "Why don't you tell us where the device is?"

Ramsey sighed. "I mailed it to a friend, in Abu Dhabi."

"The other team would have tortured you for that information." Elise said.

"I didn't trust them, I trust you." There was something in Ramsey's eyes that made Elise get a weird gut feeling.

"Now why would you trust us, you barely know us." Letty said from behind Elise.

A small part of Elise whispered inside her head I don't know you either.

"I know enough."

She looked at Brian. "Ex-cop. Military. Something like that. The way you took out those guys shows training."

She looked at Tej. "Tech guy. Offended by the hacker remark, naturally."

Her eyes moved to Dom and Letty. "Mr and Mrs Alpha."

Then her eyes went to Han. "Chameleon. You move like you're used to blending in."

Now her eyes was on Elise. "Hawk. You haven't know these guys for long but obviously have a strong moral compas considering you were willing to help them. And the way you look around you makes me think that there isn't a detail you have missed."

When she then moved over on Roman, Elise was left thinking about what she said. She only had a half ear to the rest of the conversation until Dom declared they were going to the Middle East.

Time skip

Elise sat on her own (except for a sleeping Han) in one of the rooms on the plane, at least until Dom sat across from her.

"Why did you let me come with?"

He's quiet for a moment.

"To see some things for myself, and to assure we got Ramsey out of there."

"And what if I had died?"

Dom gave her a look. "You wouldn't have."

She still wasn't looking at him. "What makes you so sure?"

"Because I don't think you would let yourself die so easily. Not after getting this far."

Her shoulders shook with silent laughter. "I've been thinking about that. In the last year I have fallen in love, I've been in a car crash that fucked up my arm, then I was in another car crash apparently caused by the guy you're chasing, I've been kidnapped by the same guy and now I'm breaking people out of buses. And the best part? My head still won't let me process everything."

Her eyes turned to him. "Despite the creeping paranoia, being around a group of people I have never met before this and my newfound need to keep my eyes on my surroundings.... I can't bring myself to regret meeting him." She looked down to Han's head in her lap, ignoring the somewhat calculating look she got from the man in front of her.

"I can't regret him..."

What do you think Dom's opinion on Elise is?

Now the team have rescued Ramsey and Dom have gotten a better look at who his friend is in love with.

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