Well, either that or take her to his bed and never let her out. The girl had more courage than good sense. While an admirable trait, in this line of work it could get her killed. Combine her skill and fearlessness with her sexy, compact body, and Nicholas hadn’t had a chance. He’d fallen head over heels for her the first day they’d trained together. The others hadn’t actually said anything outright, but he suspected he wasn’t the only one with that particular affliction. Sebastian had taken Tawni to the ER while the rest of them cleaned up the mess at the little house in the woods. The rest of the team was as anxious as Nicholas was to get to the hospital and make sure Tawni was all right. “How bad was she hit?” Grayson looked at him anxiously, shoving the last prisoner into the back of the waiting cruiser. “Don’t know,” Niko replied honestly. “Sebastian didn’t seem to think it was too bad. He was more worried about her head. Seems another assailant hit her before scurrying off into the fucking woods.
