{ Third Person POV }

Back at the mansion Roslyn, Isabel, Charlotte, Isla, and Bart are all waiting to hear from the men... but they didn't expect to hear someone kicking on the front door.

Roslyn and Isabel go to answer it together, and stand ready to protect everyone else if needed.

Imagine their surprise when they open the door and see Thomas holding a very unconscious Andrea. They haven't seen Thomas in what felt like ages, and as for Andrea....she wasn't looking very good.

"Hello, no time to catch up. She'll be dead soon if we hurry." Thomas tells them as he pushes past them and into the mansion.

When Thomas walks in and the others see him and Andrea, they suddenly feel a wave of relief yet also great anxiety. Everyone pushes everything back and focuses on what to do to help Andrea.

"Lay her on the dinning room table." Bart instructs

Thomas nods, and waits for Bart to guide him, which he quickly does.

"Isabel, you'll have to cut her clothes in the places of her wounds." Bart tells her

Isabel nods and starts doing it.

"Charlotte, go get warm and cold wash cloths." Bart orders

Charlotte does as she's told not caring about anything else other than her friends will being.

"Roslyn, your gonna have to help me take the bullet out of her side... Isla you'll need to stitch up her cuts they look to be deep." Bart says

Roslyn and Isla nod.

"You'll have to help hold her down." Bart says pointing to Thomas and Thomas gives a nod as a reply.

All of them get to work trying to keep Andrea alive... they don't even think about calling the others because they are staying busy trying to work quick and at their best.

Andrea's life is on the line after all.

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They got Andrea almost all stitched up, and they had removed the bullet... she woke up from the pain screaming. It was a scream that was so painful to hear that Charlotte and Isla started crying.

They couldn't get her leg to stop bleeding after they took the knife out of her leg, and that was adding high stress and worry to all of them.

"Any ideas?" Bart asks rushed and worried

"We'll have to burn it." Roslyn says

"That will cause her a lot of pain. I don't know how much more she can take!" Isla says worried

"But it's the only way we can ensure that bleeding will stop.." Roslyn replies

All of them agreed that it was the best thing they could do. Although none of them wanted too.

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The other men arrive back at the mansion, and all they hear are piercing screams. Screams that could haunt someone. They run worried about what might be happening to someone they care about... and as soon as they enter the mansion the screaming stops.

"ROSLYN!" Ander calls in a yell

"DINNING ROOM!" Roslyn yells back

Ander, Chan, Nicolás, Jason, Luis, Donte, Vlad and Andrei all run into the dinning room. Where they can't believe the sight in front of them.

Andrea laying on the table, bloody, her clothes torn to pieces, and unconscious. While Bart, Roslyn, Charlotte, Isabel, Isla, and Thomas are standing around the table looking worn. It didn't help that Bart had a hot poker in his hand.

"What is going on here?" Ander asks

"How is she here?" Jason questions

"Thomas?" Chan and Andrei question

"Long story short. Samuele killed Zach a while back, I've been in hiding. Andrea and I had a deal for revenge. She called and sent me an address. I was late getting there." Thomas explains

"What happened before you got there?" Ander questions

"I don't know. I found Samuele and Alastair both dead laying in a pools of their own blood. I'd guess the idiots shot each other. I heard a scream so I went running towards it as quietly as possible. Andrea was sitting in a chair tied up with a knife still in her leg, and had other deep stab marks as well. I'd guess the beginning of what seemed to be torture. She was in a lot of pain, but she was still managing to give them a run for their money. She kept fighting back especially with the red head. I ultimately took care of the girls, but not before the older one shot Andrea in her side." Thomas explained honestly

"Then what?" Nicolás asks needing to know

"I made sure the two were dead. I untied Andrea and tried to keep her awake but at some point soon after she lost consciousness. I brought her here." Thomas says

"He brung her inside and we tried everything but her leg wouldn't stop bleeding after we took the knife out. Andrea eventually woke up from the pain and let out the most painful screams I've ever heard in my life." Roslyn adds in

"We knew we had to do something, and fast. Andrea was weak, and in a lot of pain. She had already lost so much blood that we weren't sure she was going to make it. Roslyn suggested that we cauterize it. After about a minute of discussing it amongst ourselves in a rushed manor, we decided to cauterize it." Isabel explains further

"We had to hold her down and as you can see she passed out again because of the pain but she's alive." Roslyn explains some more

"She'll need to be cleaned up and changed..and put on her bed so we can monitor her, and so she can be comfortable...and someone get her some pain medicine." Ander orders

"I'll get some pain medicine." Isla says

"I'll take her to her room." Nicolás offers

Ander nods

Nicolás carefully picks Andrea up and carries her upstairs to her room and gently lays her on her bed. Then he goes to stand in the corner of the room watching her in case she wakes up.

Ander, Jason, Isla, Bart, Charlotte, and Roslyn all come into Andrea's room.

"I got the pain medicine." Isla says

"I'll run some water." Charlotte offers

Roslyn nods.

"All of you men need to leave, the three of us will be able to handle giving her medicine and washing her up and changing her. She doesn't need anymore of her privacy taken away from her." Roslyn says strongly

Ander nods and says "You're right."

Ander, Jason, Bart, and Nicolás drag themselves downstairs where the others are already cleaning everything in the dinning room.

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After Andrea is clean, dressed, and has had pain medicine...she rests more peacefully.

After a few hours she wakes back up in pain to find Jason and Nicolás in her room.

"You're awake." Jason says

"Yeah.." Andrea says then she winces in pain from her side.

"Do you want some more medicine?" Jason asks

Andrea nods slowly and carefully. Jason gets up to go get her medicine. Nicolás walks closer to the bed,!and lays his hand gently on her cheek.

"You had me worried, Angel." Nicolás says

Andrea just gives him a soft smile.

"Nothing else can happen to you, you are far too important to ever be this hurt ever again." Nicolás says

Then he gently leans down and kisses her forehead..and in that moment even in her pain she realizes she feels safe, loved, and cherished again.