Page 108 of Violent Little Thing

I knew that she needed medical attention.

That didn’t stop my heart from literally shredding when I stepped away from her and left her to the medics.

“Court.”

The barked snarl had me turning to find Black there, staring at me with anger in his eyes.

“Fuck, I’m sorry for stealing that cruiser but…”

He waved it off.

“He got away,” Black growled.

“Goddammit!”

“We have dogs searching,” he said. “He’ll be found.”

I nodded once.

“This cruiser was upside down when I passed it…” He trailed off.

“We tipped it back over.” I watched as the medics got Charleigh out of the car and placed her gently onto the gurney that another medic had pulled up to the door.

“Court!”

I was moving before I’d even told myself to do so.

I was at her side, trying to stay out of the medic’s way, as I reached for her hand. “I’m here.”

Even in pain, she had enough in her to tease me. “That was so hot.”

I blinked. “What was?”

“Watching you do that pit maneuver,” she rasped, her eyes squeezed tightly shut in pain. “Though I only knew it was you afterward.”

I grinned, despite the hollowness in my belly.

“My leg’s broken,” she stated.

“It is.”

“I could see it through my pants,” she whispered, voice low. “I…” She trailed off again as her eyes fluttered shut.

“I gave her something for the pain,” the medic said when he saw me start to panic. “It’ll put her in a twilight sleep. The more pain that she feels, the higher her blood pressure. I want to keep that down.”

They took ten more minutes to stabilize her before they loaded her into the ambulance.

I got into the back with her, despite a frown from the paramedic.

“I’m going.”

She shook her head. “I know. You need to be seen.”

I frowned. “What?”

She worked to wrap something around Charleigh’s leg but still glanced over at me and said, “You’re bleeding pretty bad. Your head doesn’t hurt?”

Now that she mentioned it…