Emma I step closer to Ace, observing his eyes glazing over as he seems to feel pain. Is he mindlinking the Judge again? He groans, bending over as he crumbles his hospital gown in his fist over where his heart beats. “Be careful,” Kai warns, materializing himself at my side. Holding his brother to support his frame, he pushes me away gently. “You never know how he will react.” I take a step back instinctively, folding my hands before my body and hating that I feel the urge to get away from my mate. “I’m okay,” Ace's voice comes out raspily as he inhales, rolling back his shoulders. Kai narrows his eyes, grabbing his brother’s face as he checks it out. “Doesn’t look like it.” Ace clenches his jaw, obviously keeping himself from fighting back. “I was just reporting back to th