Chapter 45.

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE NORA CARUSO "Nora," Nikolai said again,"Get up." I let out a choked sound, half sob, half laugh and scrambled to my feet. My legs were shaking so violently that I had to grab the open car door to stay upright. "You..." I gasped, wiping the mud and rain from my face with a trembling hand. "You asked why I was screaming? I thought you were dead! I thought you bled out in the driveway!" Nikolai looked down at his shirt, at the spreading stain that had terrified me only moments ago. He grimaced, pressing his hand firmer against his side. "It looks worse than it is," he muttered. "I’m fine." "You are not fine," I snapped, "Move over." He blinked, rain dripping from his lashes. "What?" "I said move over," I ordered, gripping his arm. "You can't drive and I am not leaving you out here, move to the passenger seat." For a second, I thought he would argue but he looked at my face, pale, wild-eyed, and soaked to the bone and he didn't fight me. He gritted his teeth, shifting hi