Free Saving Dancer (Savage Brothers MC Book 2) by Jordan Marie Page B

with tears.
    “If it wasn’t for a person walking on the lakefront, watching, and rescuing him, Dancer would have died tonight, Carrie. I’m pretty sure he’ll be upset he’s not dead. You need to know that if you’re going to stay around, honey.”
    I nod, my knees cradling my head. Nicole bends down in front of me and her hand touches the side of my face. I look up at her.
    “It will get worse before it gets better. He will never be the man you remember, Carrie. You need to know that.”
    Those words cut me open inside. Can you die from bleeding internally from emotional wounds? It feels like I am.
    “But, the man you love. There are pieces of him in there; there are new parts of him to love. If you are strong, you can help him come out the other side, you just have to be able to love the new him too.”
    “You seem to know a lot about this, but Jacob and I…I mean he’s never let me inside, we’ve never had a real relationship. Nicole, what if I’m the wrong person to do this? What if I fail?”
    “It’s a horrible thing to see happen to someone you love, Carrie. I don’t know what to tell you. I just know Dancer has a history with you. I also know that you’re the only one who has a chance of getting close to him right now.”
    “Dragon and the men at the club they’d be better…they know him…”
    “No. Something like that makes a victim feel powerless. Dancer wouldn’t let his brothers in enough. He won’t let them see. You, he might allow in. You, he might let help.”
    I nod. I don’t know how she knows this. What I do know is, I can hear the truth in her voice. She believes what she is saying and something makes me believe it too.
    She gives me a weak smile.
    “Then suck it up, dry those tears and go in there and fight tooth and nail for your man because you will have to fight.”
    I wipe my face and slowly rise back to my feet. She points me to Dancer’s room and turns to go.
    “Nicole?”
    “Yeah?”
    “The person you helped…did you get them back?” I ask, her answer is important.
    She walks to the first door and holds her head down.
    “It’s a work in progress Carrie, but I’m glad I never gave up.”
    It’s not at all what I wanted to hear, but I will have to take it. I don’t have a choice.
    “Crusher dear, seems you’re taking me home. My master has spoken,” she calls out as the door closes behind her.
    I take a deep breath, close my eyes and try to get a handle on my emotions. Just as I’m walking into Dancer’s room, Bull comes up behind me. Damn he moves quickly. He looks at my face and I’m sure he can tell that I have been crying, but he doesn’t say anything. He kisses my forehead and opens the door for me.

Chapter 10
    Dancer
    I ’m lying in the bed feeling as if I’m floating. At first I figure I’m dead. I can almost feel relief. Slowly I start recognizing the voices, Dragon and Nicole talking. Their voices are low, but I can hear them. Maybe this is my hell? Listening to two people obviously in love talk about their poor pathetic friend like he’s not around?
    “I need you,” I hear Dragon say in a tone I have never heard from my brother.
    “You’ll always have me,” She whispers back.
    What would that be like to know that the woman you wanted would be there beside you no matter what? Carrie would have given that to me. I know it. I’ve always known it. She’s young and she’s been protected from the world, but she’s strong and she never waivers in supporting those she cares about. She would have given me exactly what Nicole is giving Dragon and probably more. She still would. At least I think she would try. What would she do though? How would she feel if she knew the man she loves, the man who she thinks can protect her from the world was so weak, is so fucking pitiful that he couldn’t even protect himself?
    The thought of Carrie finding out about the attack, of finding out what I was too weak to prevent fills me with dread. How can she