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The man sucked in a breath. For a second, in my desperate state, I was afraid I’d miscalculated his concern for the rest of humanity. But my instincts had obviously kicked in even through the haze of guilt and terror in my head.
“Fine,” he said. “Bloody hell. Fine. How soon will you get here?”
“If you’re still working out of your usual address on Painter Avenue, I’ll be aiming for under half an hour,” I said. “Be ready.”
When I reached the building where the doctor carried out his less legit work, I swerved around back and braked with a squeal of the tires. As I wrenched open the back doors, the doctor came out of the building. He took one look at Julius and Talon and dashed back inside for a couple of stretchers.
I helped him load one man and then the other onto the rolling beds. Julius had nearly passed out from blood loss, mumbling incoherently. Talon was entirely unconscious. I didn’t like the look of the bloody stains they’d left behind on the seats.
“Wait out there,” the doctor barked at me after I’d helped him wheel the stretchers over to the building. The door closed, and all I could do was slump against the side of the van and wonder whether I’d gotten them here in time.
Julius and Talon were the strongest men I’d ever known. Thiscouldn’tbe what beat them. No fucking way.
But even if they survived, their injuries were severe enough that they’d be laid up for several days if not weeks. Without the strength of our full crew, how could we ever take out the biggest threat we’d ever faced? The Blood Hunter wouldn’t wait for us to heal, and we couldn’t take him on like this. We might not even be able to defend ourselves from his next attack.
By leaving my post, I could have screwed over the crew more completely than I’d ever imagined was possible.
