‘I’ll be fine. Focus on what you’re doing, Little Mate, I’ll handle the rest.‘ His voice is quiet, and I feel


    slightly calmer after his reassurance.


    I return to the bed and get back to work, fishing out the fragments of the next bullet. These are strange


    bullets, not like any I’ve seen before. They seem to open upon impact and release small ss shards


    of poison inside the body.


    I’m working on one of the ones in her stomach when I pause, seeing a piece of the ss lodged into


    her ureter.


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    I can hear themotion from downstairs, doesn’t help me try to think what to do, my own heart


    thumping as I realise I will need to cut and reconstruct the


    ureter…


    I need light too, but I’m going to have to just make do.


    I nce up at her unconscious form. I’m doing this with no assessments, hoping that she was in tune


    with her wolf to be able to survive this.


    Her heartbeat has remained regr, albeit weak, and I’m hoping her healing will kick in and the


    wounds that were cleansed of poison start healing.


    I rummage quickly in my kit, grabbing my mayo scissors as I work as fast as I possibly can. This is the


    last one I will tend to until we can move to a safer ce. I wish Adriana was awake. I could use an


    extra pair of hands.


    ‘More are here. A few have gone upstairs! I’ming, hold on baby girl,‘ Zade’s strained voicees.


    I feel the surge of his aura through the house, turning just as the door is mmed right off its hinges.


    My eyes sh as I look at the man who raises his guns, pointing them directly at Adriana and me.


    The instinct to protect my patients burns through me, my eyes zing as he readies to open fire.


    “Looks like half of you are already dead here,” he hisses from behind his mask which distorts his voice


    further.


    “Let’s finish them,” another one says from behind him. The two men turn their masked faces towards


    the three of us.


    Not on my watch.


    In a sh, I’m in front of the first one who has entered just as he shoots his gun. I duck, kicking him in


    the stomach, my heart pounding with rage at the thought of him attacking the unconscious women.


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    I stab the scalpel I was holding into his neck, just as a gunshot goes off from behind me, hitting him in


    the shoulder. He clutches at his neck as he falls to the ground.


    I whip my head around to see Adriana sitting up, her hands holding her gun. The other man snarls as


    heunches himself at me, and I yank the scalpel free, as he kicks me in the chest.


    I’m thrown to the ground, and I hit my head on the ground as he opens fire. My powers surge as I raise


    a shield between us and I hear Zade shout.


    “Val!”


    For the first time, I hear a sliver of fear in his voice. Just as I managed to grab the scissors I used to cut


    the ureter earlier and fling it across the room with everything I had.


    It hits the man in the eye making him snarl in rage, my moment’s distraction as I focused on that throw


    weakens my barrier and one of his bullets hits my lower leg.


    I’m on my feet again, ready, when his head is suddenly snapped from behind and he drops dead to the


    ground, revealing Zade behind him. Blood covers him from head to toe, rage and vengeance burning in


    his eyes…


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