Hide My Light: A Romantic Suspense Thriller Novel (Hide Me Series Book 3) by Lisa Ladew

thank God, West, where have you been? Tell this mountain that I can come in.”
    West looked placatingly at the FBI agent. “This is Jordan Jones. She is with us, is it OK if she comes in?”
    The FBI agent took a step back and nodded. Jordan walked past him, throwing him a look that could have frozen the sun.
    As West turned back to the room, he saw that Katerina had finally woken up. She looked mostly back to her normal self. The food and rest had done her good.
    Jordan rushed into the room, directly to Blaise’s bedside. She grasped his hand, her face a patina of misery. “I’m so sorry, Blaise. You were right. I was wrong. I forgive you for everything. As soon as I saw your picture on the news, I knew how wrong I had been. Please give me another chance. Please give us another chance.”
    Blaise wound his fingers through Jordan’s and winked at her. “Looks like we're all forgiven in here,” he said in his quiet, scratchy voice.
    Jordan cried out and tears fell down her face. She bent over the bed rail and pressed her mouth to Blaise’s cheek, but Blaise had other ideas. He moved to the right and caught her lips in a gentle kiss.
    West walked past the bed, towards a smiling Katerina, trying to give Jordan and Blaise as much privacy as he could in the tiny room, a warm glow lighting his chest.
     
     

     

Chapter 12
     
    Jordan sat next to Blaise’s bed, her face a study in contentment. Occasionally she tried to feed him a few ice chips or fluff his pillows for him, but mostly she sat still, holding his hand, and speaking quietly with Katerina and West.
    Katerina stood and stretched, then gave Jordan a hug. “I’m so glad you came,” she whispered into Jordan’s ear. She touched Blaise on the arm and asked him how the pain was.
    “I don’t have any pain right now,” he said.
    Katerina nodded, but actually she was listening to what his body was saying more than the words coming out of his mouth. Good , it said. Healing well , it said. She smiled, thrilled to know it, while at the same time fending off the sharp guilt that shot through her every time she looked at him. It was her fault he was shot. Fixing him couldn’t change that.
    A single knock sounded at the door and Agent Masterson walked in, his sharp eyes taking in Jordan, then turning to Blaise. “Officer Cornwall, it’s good to see that you are doing well,” he said quickly, nodding once to Jordan and then turning to Katerina and West. “Say your goodbyes please, you won’t be coming back here until Kane is caught.”
    West stood up quickly, his face concerned. He crossed the room and shook Blaise’s hand gently. “That’s enough bullets inside you for a while,” he told Blaise with a smile on his face.
    “Yes sir,” Blaise said, smiling back weakly.
    Katerina hugged Blaise and said her goodbyes to him and Jordan. She looked expectantly at Agent Masterson and he led them out into the hallway, then stopped in the waiting room to face them.
    “We need to talk for a few moments and then I’m going to take you down to the front door where I have an agent waiting to drive you to a safe house. It will be safer for Officer Cornwall if you two are not here in the hospital.”
    West nodded. “Agent Masterson, will your agents stay here to protect Blaise?”
    “Call me Craig. And yes.” He turned to Katerina. “Before I take you to the driver, tell me exactly how you knew what had happened to Deputy Director Ronan. I’ve heard a few different stories but I’m not sure exactly what to believe.”
    Katerina blushed, then looked at West. He gave her a nod of encouragement and grasped her hand, giving her the strength to go on. “I saw it in my head when I touched him. It’s a, uh, ability that I have.”
    Katerina watched Craig closely as she spoke. His lips tightened and his eyes bore into her. She didn’t have to touch him to see he didn’t believe her.
    West broke in. “It’s true. She caught two serial killers that way. She can touch