Chapter 165 - Turo

I glared at the screen. Nothing on it made sense to me. I wasn't an idiot, but I certainly didn't speak high tech geek. Nik made it all look so effortless.

Nik.

My belly clenched again as I thought of her lying unconscious in the room. Willow and Tali still hadn't called to let me know she'd woken up yet. I was spinning my wheels here. Spinning my wheels and getting ready to throw my computer across the room.

My phone buzzed.

I snatched it up. "Speak."

"She's awake. And pull that stick out of your ass, big brother," Tali snarled.

Everything inside me relaxed at her first two words. I didn't even bother to comment on her barb. Nik was awake.

"How is she? When's she getting released? Does she have someone arranged to pick her up?" Not that it mattered a whole lot. I was going to be the one to pick her up.

"No idea. Call her yourself. After you remove the aforementioned stick. She's carrying some dark stuff, Turo. Don't crawl up her ass about it."

I stilled as I r