It had only taken Faith thirty minutes to finish closing up Magnus' bullet wound. The bullet hadn't shattered upon impact, and Faith had retrieved it in one piece. Magnus, in werewolf form, had made growls of pain, but he did not pass out. Most people would have if they felt tweezers poking around inside their muscles without some sort of anesthesia. He passed out only after Faith had finished, his bleeding stopping.
Two of the men volunteered to stand onguard outside. Justin told Bilal and another man to stay put and keep an eye on Magnus while the second-in-command made phone calls.
Theodore offered Faith a bottle of water and a chair to sit on, pulling a stool up next to her. He had the skull tattoo Magnus had designed on his forearm.
Faith downed half the bottle in one go. She had
