“Hey,” André said the moment Verity woke up and helped her as she tried to sit up on the bed, a piece of tissue stuck on her nose. “How are you feeling?”
“I’m fine. It was just a nosebleed.”
“You passed out,” he said, and Noah who was standing behind him rolled his eyes.
“Yeah, well, I’m … I’m just a little afraid of blood.”
André nodded. “I know. You nearly passed out that one time I coughed up blood last year, too.” He chuckled, but Noah was serious as he grabbed him by the shoulder and made him face his way.
“You coughed up blood?”
André just gazed at him questioningly. “No big deal. I got hit in the gut when we got in a fight with those frat boys over at that one university. They were trying to harass Verity, we just defended her.”
Noah visibly clenched his jaw and something in
