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pile of uniform pants and shirts. When he turned to look at him, Carter could see anger and something…something soft on his face.
    “How did you me et her?” Carter told him again about the lunch counter. “Did she ask you for help at any time?”
    “No. She seemed …I don’t know, surprised that I did help. Why?”
    Misha moved out of the room and toward the kitchen. They were just loading up the gurney with Han when they entered. Carter’s breath caught when he saw her.
    “Good Christ.” Misha had moved to her side while Carter just stared. It looked like someone had taken a sander to her face, it was so bloodied.
    “Is she stable?” The medic told Misha she was and that they were taking her to County General. “I’d like you to take her to Mercy.”
    The medic was shaking his head even as Misha stopped him from taking Han out of the room. “They won’t take her. She’s got no insurance and they don’t take the uninsured. Plus, they know in a couple of days her mother will be in there to demand that she come home. It won’t matter what shape she’s in either. They’ll let her go with her. But if you want to know the truth, I don’t think she’s ever beaten her this badly before.”
    “Regardless, take her to Mercy. I’ll go with you to make sure they know she’s where she belongs.” Misha looked at Carter as he continued speaking. “Follow us in the truck please. I’ll call Mom and have her bring me some dinner in case I have to hang around for a while.”
    “Misha, what the hell is going on?” He moved with the gurney as they started moving out of the house. Carter put his hand out to stop him from not answering him again. Carter could see the anger on his face and was surprised by it.
    “She’s my mate.”
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    Misha didn’t have to do much more than demand to speak to the hospital administrator to have Han nah admitted. He’d been willing to put down whatever deposit that they wanted in order for her to stay, but it was unnecessary. The administrator, another leopard, was coming toward him even as Misha was asking to see him. Apparently his mom had called him first. Now Misha was sitting in the waiting room waiting for the surgery to be finished, then for her to be sent to a private room.
    “ What do you know about the poor girl?” Misha looked at his mom. He’d forgotten she’d decided to stay with him to wait. “Rider said he’d look into the mother as well. Do you think she did this?”
    “That’s what the medic said. He told me that she was beaten on a regular basis but never like this. And I don’t know any more about her than you do. She’s twenty-five, years of instability, in and out of mental hospitals, and years of abuse. And according to some records he’s already found, she gives as good as she gets.” His mother huffed. “You heard what Rider said. That’s one of the reasons her mom has her put away. Her violent temper.”
    “Then I cannot wait to see what this mother looks like now.” Neither could he. Misha had seen the girl when she’d been in the ambulance. Someone had used a belt on her back. There was so much damage done there it would be hours before she would be completely stitched up.
    Misha leaned back in his chair. He wasn’t very good at waiting. And he would admit to only himself he’d rather just leave her there and have someone call him when she was out. But she was his responsibility now, and he took it very seriously.
    “You seem awfully calm about finding your mate. Aren’t you excited that she’s finally going to come into your life?”
    He looked at his mom and thought about lying to her , but didn’t think she’d appreciate that any more than she would the truth.
    “No. What would be the point? We’re fated. We met. End of story. Fighting it or being excited isn’t going to make it any less so. Ignoring it won’t make it go away, so I might as well deal with it and her.” She started to speak, but he stopped her by putting