Chapter 71

• Vanessa moaned softly, clutching her side. She needed his full attention, but the torment was genuine now, and it appeared in her trembling hands.
• “I… I think I hurt my back,” she whined, her eyes flashing open just sufficient to capture his expression.
• "Do not move," Haven said, his voice abruptly firm. He pulled out his phone and dialled for an ambulance, his ordinarily relentless hands shaking as he squeezed the numbers. "It's going to be alright. I'll get you to the hospital. just hang in there."