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“Do you want hi my head

“Hey” Ryat takesup atto kick in fast enough He’s going to feel this

“Do we have any drugs?” I ask, licking ave me when I ran It knocked me out al up at me

“It’ll be okay I promise,” Ryat assures me when he sees the way my shoulders tense

“Handat it on the se next to the bed I do as he says “Put this in his mouth” He hands me a washcloth

Before I can do anything, Ryat snatches it from my hand and shoves it into his mouth, and then wraps his ars Letting out a shaky sigh, I wrapthe side of his head to my chest

Tyson takes a lighter and runs it along the blade of the knife, heating up thethe fresh tears to fall so I can see better

Placing the handle of the knife between his teeth, he picks up the scotch and pours it over my husband’s back Ryat tenses, and a ed mouth

I whi it worse

I gently scratch Ryat’s head, holding hi Then Tyson heats the knife up once again before pressing it—blade flat—along the cut on htens his hold on me

The sh to make me want to vo But I e to keep it down

Once done, Tyson drops the knife beside hi it up

I look up at the ceiling, trying to stop the tears froain I don’t want him to see me upset

“That’ll be good enough until we can get him to the hospital I’ll let the pilot knoe’re ready Make sure he lays on his stomach” And with that, he leaves us alone

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