“What the hell just happened?”
In a flash, Trick knelt on the carpet next to the couch that Nadiya was currently sprawled on, unconscious, with her head wedged back between the throw pillows. He immediately grabbed her by the neck with his right hand and used his left to support her head as he rearranged her position to something more comfortable. Not that he thought she felt any discomfort at the moment, or anything else, for that matter. She was completely dead to the world.
Just to be certain she wasn’t actually dead, he pressed his fingers against the carotid artery in her neck. A silent breath of relief left him when he felt a rapid beat pulsing beneath his fingers.
This close, Trick could see how long her eyelashes were as they rested against her cheeks. Her hair was definitely i
