Kane’s POV
Her blood was everywhere.
It was all over me, it was soaking through my shirt until it glued to my skin. Every heartbeat of hers spilled more warmth over me and every drop of her blood felt like a piece of her life was slipping away.
I held her tighter, one of my arms was at her back, while the other was pressing against the wound but the blood wouldn’t stop.
“Stay with me,” I whispered, over and over, as if the words themselves could hold her together. “Stay, Ava. Don’t you dare let go.”
Her head rested limply against my chest, her breaths were shallow. Through the bond, I felt her slipping away, that golden thread pulling thin, ready to snap.
It tore me apart.
“Move!” Zack’s voice cut like steel. His wolf lunged ahead of me, streaked with blood as he ripped into two ro
