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bathroom door. There was no way he would ask his brother to step out. She was his mate and he had been the one to notice that she was injured. Besides, he doubted Joseph’s wolf would allow them to be separated right now.
    “Honey, we have a lot to talk about, but now isn’t the time. We need to take care of your injuries first. He isn’t going to hurt you. He’ll stay right there.”
    “Why does he have to even be in here? He’s not my boyfriend. I–I don’t even know if you are or not.” Her voice had gone quiet toward the last.
    “Nessa. You are my mate. The one I care for more than anything. We’re beyond boyfriend and girlfriend. I’ll explain it all later.” He kissed her lightly on the lips before pulling her shirt from her grip.
    The minute her shirt was off, she covered her breasts with her hands. Jessup didn’t say anything about it, choosing instead to let her have her bit of modesty while he concentrated on her warm-ups. She stood still while he lowered them, glad that she was facing Joseph so that he couldn’t see her hips and upper legs. He found the source of the smell of blood. A bandage with dried blood lay taped over where her kidney was on the left side. When he gently pulled it off, he winced. She had a two-inch cut there that looked like she’d been hit with something sharp.
    “Nessa? What made this cut on your lower back?”
    “Derrick has steel-toed boots.”
    Joseph pushed off from the wall and walked over to them. Nessa backed away from him, still trying to cover her breasts and now her pussy.
    “He kicked you?” Joseph’s low growl turned to a strangled groan when he saw the extent of the damage to her.
    “He stopped hitting me where people could see because I couldn’t work if I was all bruised up.” Nessa’s soft voice sounded defeated now.
    Jessup helped her lie down on the bed. Then he gently bathed her with the warm water. He could smell the healing salts his brother had added to it. They’d used them on his twin when he had come back from overseas all those years ago. He never would have believed he would be using them on his mate.
    The salts had been passed down from generation to generation and helped to speed up the healing, taking away much of the pain in the process. He wasn’t sure how well they would work on a human, but prayed they would ease her suffering.
    Once he had finished cleaning her, Jessup smoothed salve on the cuts and the newest of the bruises before applying a bandage to the place near her kidney. Then he carefully lifted her while his twin pulled back the covers so he could settle her in bed.
    “Nessa, are you bleeding when you pee?”
    She blushed and turned away from him. “Yeah, some, but it will go away. It always does.”
    They left her to rest and gathered in the kitchen. Aaron had evidently called everyone in. Levi looked at them when they both grabbed a beer from the fridge.
    “Is she okay?”
    “She’ll heal.” Jessup swallowed down the ice-cold liquid.
    Unable to fully control his anger, the aluminum can in his hand began to dent. He gritted his teeth and concentrated on calming his wolf.
    “Is she your mate, too, Joseph?” Levi asked.
    Joseph stared out the window and nodded. “God help her, she is.”

Chapter Three
     
    The loud murmur of voices slowly penetrated her sleep until she opened her eyes, momentarily unsure of where she was. The soft bed and warm sheets were foreign to her. Panic began to seep into her mind. Then everything came back to her as the voices began to grow louder. Nessa rolled over and began to push the covers off of her. It registered that she was naked as the cooler air in the room met her bare skin. Hearing her name, she grabbed her clothes and pulled them on as carefully as she could.
    She followed the sound of the voices and managed to find her way back into the kitchen where the room was overrun with huge men. Testosterone fairly hung in clouds floating in the air. She listened to see what they