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“Get off him, you bitch!” I scream, running to them. I glance around for a weapon, spotting a large rock to the side.
Tea doesn't see me coming. She's too occupied with fighting Luke, trying to kill him.
Before she can turn around to spot me, I bash the rock on her head.
She releases a cry before her body slumps, falling on Luke's. I use the last of my strength to shove her off him.
“Jesus,” Luke groans, squeezing his eyes, and taking a deep breath that only seems to hurt him more. "She really must be some kind of special ops. That was an absolute nightmare."
“You idiot!” I cry, falling to my knees before him, my hands frantically trying to put pressure on his bleeding wounds. “Why would you run in front of the gun?” I take off my shirt and tie it around the wound on his leg, using his own shirt to try to plug the wounds somewhere on his torso. They immediately bleed through.
“It was either I take the bullet, or let it go through you." He groans again as he talks, but this groan isn’t as strong as the last one - almost as if the last of the fight is going out of him.
Or maybe his life.
That last thought has my heart seizing in my chest and has me screaming. “'Help! Someone, help us!”
"The police are coming.” His words are slurred, his lids are hanging low over his eyes. It strikes fear into my chest.I need you, Luke.
“No. Don’t fall asleep.” I hold his cheeks and stare, trying to pry his eyes open. “Stay awake, Luke. Stay with me.”
"Can’t. Too tired. His eyes roll, and he turns his head to the side. I finally let my eyes look down. It’s dark, with the trees shielding against the moonlight, but even with that, I know the dark liquid staining the ground is blood.
A lot of blood.
“Help!”
“Mia!" It’s Billy’s voice, right before he bursts into the clearing.
“Oh God. Billy. Help him. She shot him and he’s bleeding out. I can’t stop it!”
Despite my frantic voice, Billy spares Tea's body a brief but meaningful glance, before turning to Luke. He whips off his jacket.
"I'll try to stop the bleeding," he says, ripping off pieces of cloth. "The ambulance is on its way."
I nod, but then suddenly, a separate thought hits me. "Oh my God. The kids."
"It’s fine. They’re with the cops and Liam."
"Liam?" I ask.
"Yes. He just arrived a few minutes ago. According to him, he wanted to check in on you."
"Oh God.” My brain wants to conceptualize what it's like for my brother to fly into this chaos, but I can't think about that right now. My entire being is on Luke.
His eyes are closed now, and he looks so pale against the dark ground.
I lean my head against his cool face, closing my eyes, and holding onto sanity by a thread.
"He'll be ok," Billy tells me.
"He has to be," I whisper. "He has to be."
30
LUKE
I come awake in flashes.
