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easily passed while I continued to watch him rest his troubles away. When he lay peacefully unconscious he wasn’t the domineering Jax. Boss of bosses Jax. He was something more Jax. Some undefined explanation lay beneath all of the hardness he portrayed.
    He stirred for a second then opened his eyes catching me as I watched him. A smile. “You’re awake.” It was a rush of air from his full lips, lips I’d wanted to touch as he’d slept. He straightened in his chair stretching for a moment before reaching towards the bed. “You’re going to be okay,” he reassured me.
    “What happened?” I asked, my voice hoarse as I reached up to my throat with my cold fingers.
    “Try this.” He reached to the table his feet had rested upon and handed me a bottle of water. A giggle slipped from my lips as I remembered a situation similar to this one not so long ago.
    His eyes narrowed in on me curiously. “What’s so funny?”
    I shook my head. “It seems as though you’re saving me yet again.” I tipped the water bottle. When my eyes had opened only a few minutes ago and I saw Jax sitting there, something changed. I didn’t know what it was, but I saw him for something different, something more.
    The darkness that I’d become familiar with in his stare was brighter, more color washed in. As if in a trance, he watched me drink the water from the bottle until it was finished. “Thank you.”
    “For?”
    The water and for being here.
    Again his stare fixed and then his head fell, “You’re my wife, Bella. It’s my job to protect you, and I didn’t do that.” His eyes didn’t meet mine as he fixed his stare on my small hands and then my wedding ring. My eyes followed with him unknowing.
    “You were only grazed; mostly you were in shock.” He’d answered my silent question.
    “I remember there being so much blood, thank God Tommy and Dominic were there.” I’d hoped that Jax would commend them on a job well done. “I’d like to see them, thank them for protecting me.” I would hug them. It may have seemed a bit silly since that was their job, but to me, it was so much more. “Where are they?”
    “Bella…” Jax reached for my hand cradling it into his own, softly. He’d never done that before. His hand warm and large caused mine to disappear behind his tanned skin. I found myself lost in the moment. “Bella,” Jax said again.
    My eyes lifted to his and my skin prickled with fear. “What is it?” I didn’t want to know.
    “Tommy gave his life for yours.” Tears ran as I recalled what had happened. He was laying on top of my body protecting me, but then he wasn’t moving. “The blood on your dress was his blood, well mostly. The bullet that grazed you hit him.” Jax shook his head. “Dominic knew he’d been hit, but when he’d went to say something Tommy nodded not wanting you to know. He died an honorable death, Bella, and I’ll never forget what he sacrificed for you.”
    “Family? Did he have a family?” Tommy was the reserved of the two that guarded me. He never spoke of himself even when I’d tried and tried at the dinner table. I’d made him sit to eat with us at dinner or breakfast. He’d refused several times, but I usually got my way. I’d watched him and imagine the man that he was. I imagined all sorts of scenarios over and over. It had been entertaining.
    “A mother, his father passed away several years ago from cancer.” I cried a deep gut piercing cry for the man that had saved my life. “His father had been a part of the family,” Jax said. I knew what he’d meant.
    “His mother, will she need looking after? Money, anything?”
    “Would you like for me to see to her needs?”
    “Would you if I asked?” His glower was strong and kind.
    “Of course I would, but there's no need. I’ve already arranged for her to be well provided for.”
    “Thank you, Jax,” I relished in the comfort of the softer Jax. I was sure it wouldn’t last, but for now, I’d enjoy