“Shit!” Jude snapped as he rushed to Danny, shoving Wyatt to the side, snapping, “Move it!” Then without taking his eyes off of Danny, ordered, “Rain, I need your help. Noah, bring me some towels and a couple of wet wash rags. Wyatt, call an ambulance… now!”
No one argued as they all did as they were ordered to do.
“Help me roll the asshole over,” Jude directed.
Rain and Jude worked together to get Danny turned over as Noah rushed back to them holding out the requested items, anxiously asking, “What else can I do?”
“Nothing for now. Just stand back and let us do our jobs,” Jude ordered.
“He needs a doctor. We need to call an ambulance and get him to…”
“I am a doctor, Noah, and Rain here is a nurse practitioner. We’re going to do everything we can to save Danny. I just need you and everyone else to stay the fuck out of our way and let us do our jobs,” Jude snapped as he handed Rain the towel, “The bullet is still in there, but thankfully it didn’t hit his heart.”
“How do you know that for sure?” Noah asked.
Jude snorted, “Because he’d already be dead if it did. However, that doesn’t mean the bullet didn’t do other internal damage. My biggest concern is him bleeding out before help can get here.”
“It wouldn’t be a big loss,” Wyatt muttered.
Rain looked up at his mate, saying, “That isn’t helping.”
“I can’t believe you guys are trying to save him after what he did,” Noah said in a small voice.
“I took an oath, Noah. Right now he isn’t the asshole biker gang leader and murderer. He’s an injured man that needs help I can provide. Now, how about you go out there and direct the ambulance over here?” Jude suggested.
Rain and Jude worked on Danny and did their best to keep him stabilized until the ambulance arrived and rushed the man to the hospital.
Wyatt had ordered Asod, Ryan and Ennyd to get their asses to the hospital and ensure Danny didn’t find a way to escape again and then Rain found himself in his mate’s arms, as he hissed, “Don’t you ever try and say goodbye like that again, Rain.”
“I thought I was going to die. He had a gun to my head, and…”
Wyatt pulled back, snapping, “Then you fucking shift. Son of a bitch, Rain, you scared the hell out of me. You had to have taken three hundred years off my life and I don’t appreciate that even a little.”
“But we aren’t supposed to expose ourselves to humans, and I knew I couldn’t shift in front of Danny. No way could I expose our world to him. Who knows what he would do with that information,” Rain insisted.
“I don’t care, Rain,” Wyatt ground out as he pulled Rain into his arms once more, whispering, “There is no use giving me last words, Rain. Without you, I wouldn’t want to live in this world again. My dragon and I would fade just to be with you again. So, next time shift.”
“How about we don’t have a next time? I think I like that idea much better,” Rain murmured into Wyatt’s chest.
“Sounds even better,” Wyatt softly said, squeezing Rain even tighter.
EPILOGUE
“How the hell did I let you talk me into bringing you here with me instead of making you stay in Drago?” Wyatt asked in frustration.
Rain gave Wyatt that impish smile that always allowed him to get his way, saying, “Because you love me and know that this is important to me.”
Sighing, Wyatt squeezed Rain’s hand, saying, “I do love you, but one day those damn puppy eyes are not going to work on me.”
“I’m a shrew, not a dog,” Rain grumbled.
Wyatt laughed, “And you are an adorable shrew at that.”
They drove in silence for a while, before Rain said, “I really like Drago. The people there are really nice… at least the ones I’ve met working at the clinic, but I have to admit, I didn’t think the town would be so big.”
“Well, there are over three hundred people living there, Little mouse,” Wyatt replied.
“I know. I can’t believe the town was abandoned like that,” Rain muttered, then said, “Jude told me it was an old mining town. Did you know that?”
