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His selflessness had been the final confirh for someone to be prepared to die for themthat was the ultimate sacrifice She didn’t need any ood person he was

I need to tell hi to ste ahile she had no way of stopping it

“Bree!” She looked up through a haze of tears to see the crowdback as Trey strode toward her “Get these people away from him” He barked the instruction over his shoulder to one of his deputies Crouching beside her, he turned to the security guard, as adns?”

“He’s breathing, but it’s rapid and shallow, and his pulse is weak As you can see, he’s lost a lot of blood”

Trey placed an arm around Bree “The as up”

She turned her face into his chest “Rylan pushed me out of the way He took the bullet that was meant for me”

His fingers tightened on her arot a call fro just before I set off He tricked us And he was just otten far this time”

In the distance, she heard the faint wail of a siren “I have to go with Rylan, but I can’t take Jekyll” She handed the little dog over “Be nice to hiht”

Trey looked slightly bee hands didn’t quite knohat to do with such a small creature He patted Bree’s shoulder aardly “Rylan is tough”

If her facial ht almost have smiled He fooled you too, huh? “I’ll call you when I know anything”

Once they were in the a off Rylan’s clothes, checking his injuries, applying en e the bullet had done—it had torn straight through his shoulder—and she had to look away as a wave of nausea washed over her

She heard the driver radioing ahead, telling their colleagues to prepare an operating theater Phrases like “major blood loss” and “trau else passed her by