Nathan didn’t buy that for a second and narrowed his eyes to fish out the truth.
“My whole body aches,” Sasha admitted, “but I’m okay. Really. After Jim got you settled here, he came back to the car to help me with the cuts. It took forever and used up most of my remaining stash of antidote, but really, I’m fine.”
It wasn’t that Nathan didn’t believe Sasha, there was just so much left unspoken. “Sasha, I…I’m so sorry. If I could go back and get you away from that psycho sooner…”
“Nathan,” Sasha interrupted softly, his body still comfortably fitting against Nathan’s side. “It was just a big, horrible mess, and there’s nothing we can do about it now. It wasn’t your fault. How could I think that?” His smile twitched and his eyes lowered to the sheets pulled up over Nathan’s chest. “But there’s...something I have to tell you. Something I’ve kept from you, but now…after Gabriel…after…almost losing youtwice…I need you to know.”