The doctor assured everyone that Max would be ok. His left leg was broken and his throat had been bitten, but luckily the main arteries had been missed, allowing him enough time to get back to the hospital before bleeding out. Penny was sitting beside him, her face pale, her hands shaking as she gently stroked her mate’s face.
Patrick was leaning against the far wall, his face red, while Leo watched from the doorway. Wesley had gone on Kent’s order to the training academy to adjust patrol rotations again.
Kent could barely concentrate on the doctor’s words as he watched his best friend lay in the hospital bed. The thought of how close Max had just come to death filled Kent with both fear and rage. If it weren’t for Riley holding his hand so tightly, Kent might have already been running t
