by Liliana Hart
“I need to talk to you about Doctor Shaw.”
That was the only thing that could convince Shane to stop and listen. He wanted information about Shaw, and he’d get it any way he could, even by secondhand means.
“Where is she?”
“I told her I’d walk you back and to enjoy the fireworks.”
Declan moved out of the way and Shane continued to wheel himself up the hill. Dec didn’t offer to help and Shane wouldn’t have accepted, so it was best neither of them brought it up. His upper body strength was back at a hundred percent, and it didn’t take long to make it to the top of the hill and one of the Jeeps they kept on the property.
Declan waited until Shane lifted himself into the passenger side of the Jeep before putting his chair in the back, and then he started up the engine and they headed to the opposite side of the property where MacKenzie Security headquarters was tucked safely behind a twenty foot wall that went around the entire perimeter of the property.
It’s not like all they had to look at was the walls. Most of the land was thickly forested and there were a couple of small lakes on the property. Declan and his wife, Sophia, had built their home behind the walls, and so had his other brothers and their families and his sister Darcy and her husband, Brant.
Shane understood the importance of family and the lengths one would go to for their safety. And with the sensitive information that passed through MacKenzie Security and the danger of being an agent with a family that could be used against them, the need for the twenty-foot fence and protection was more necessary than ever. Especially since they knew firsthand what it was like to be ambushed on their own land.
“It must be bad if you’re waiting this long to decide how you want to word things,” Shane finally said.
Dec grinned again and punched in the code to open the gates of the compound. “I’m just tired. I want all these people off our land and I want to take my wife to bed.”
“Good luck with that. As long as there’s food there will be people. What’s the deal with Shaw?”
“I need to put her back on active duty,” Dec said. “When I saw your progress tonight and the fact that you came out to be with us at all, I knew she’d done what I sent her to do. You look strong and your leg is healing well. MacKenzie R&D has some prototype prosthetics for you to try when you’re ready. I’ve held off as long as I could from removing her from the picture so you could have stability. But she’s too big of an asset.”
“A physical therapist is too big of an asset?” Shane asked with a laugh. Inside his guts were clenched and his skin clammy. The thought of being without Shaw didn’t sit well. She’d been his lifeline for months.
“Did you not read the file I sent you about her?” he asked. “After you first got out of the hospital and she was assigned to you, you demanded to know who the hell she was and why you should let a teenager boss you around. I sent you the file through email.”
“Then I probably ignored it.”
“If you hadn’t you’d know she spent four years in the Military Police and was one of the few females in Special Forces. And she did it while going to medical school. So yes, she’s an asset. And I need her back in the field.”
“It sounds like you’ve already made up your mind,” Shane said, shrugging.
Dec parked the car in front of his small cabin, but he didn’t get out to get his wheelchair.
“Not entirely. It depends on you.” Dec gave him a steady stare, doing that thing that only Dec could do, where he analyzed people and how they were doing within a few sentences. “Can you live without her?”
It was a damned good question, Shane thought. Could he live without her?
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