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Warmth and comfort were the first things Rocky felt when he woke up. Safe. Like nothing bad was going to happen.
Then he moved, and pain laced through his back. “Oh, f**k,” he groaned, stilling immediately.
“Don’t move,” a voice said softly. “You’re bandaged up pretty well, but it’s going to hurt for a while.”
“What happened?” he asked, forcing his eyes to open. He didn’t recognize the woman in front of him. Her scrubs said she was a health care professional, which meant he was in the hospital.
“You don’t remember?” she asked, her eyes narrowing as she checked the monitors he was connected to.
Rocky shook his head, then stopped. “Nikki. What happened to Nikki? Did he take her? I need to go get her.” Rocky tried to push up. He kicked the blankets off his feet and winced. He had to
