Chapter Ten
Kenji! Have…to…get…him. Fallon struggled to get up from where he’d fallen. Excruciating pain flooded him, pinning him to the ground. He lay still, gathering enough breath to try again. They’d taken Kenji. He couldn’t afford to lie here, no matter how he felt.
He pushed again, struggling to rise from the ground but the pain made him fall back each time. Kenji! Kenji! He thrust forward again. Dear sweet mother of God—
A hand on his chest stayed him. “Don’t move,” a voice said. Feminine. Gentle. The pressure on his chest eased him back down. He grunted. Softness met him. Softness and warmth. A wave of pain passed through him, ending only when he became completely still. As long as he didn’t move, there was no pain.
“There,” she said, her voice soothing. “Rest now.”
She sou
